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Positivity pays dividends for St Michael's pupils

Positivity pays dividends for St Michael's pupils

St Michael's Church of England Primary School in Apton Road has secured the Healthy Young Minds in Herts Kitemark.

Green light for roof repairs at Herts and Essex High School

Green light for roof repairs at Herts and Essex High School

Green light for roof repairs at Herts and Essex High School

The roof is in such poor condition that leaks are causing internal damage and staff sometimes have to close the library and old hall.

Child refugee book spurs pupils’ 10-mile charity walk round Stortford

Child refugee book spurs pupils’ 10-mile charity walk round Stortford

Child refugee book spurs pupils’ 10-mile charity walk round Stortford

St Michael’s Primary Year 6 children were inspired to help Refugee Action after reading The Boy at the Back of the Class.

Temporary classroom from 2015 to remain at oversubscribed school

Temporary classroom from 2015 to remain at oversubscribed school

Temporary classroom from 2015 to remain at oversubscribed school

The structure was installed at Hillmead primary on Bishop's Park seven years ago to accommodate a "bulge" class of 30 pupils.

Former Supreme Court president guest at Stortford school's awards night

Former Supreme Court president guest at Stortford school's awards night

Former Supreme Court president guest at Stortford school's awards night

Lady Hale addressed a scaled-back audience of around 270 people in The Bishop's Stortford High School's sports hall.

School turbot-charges food lessons by helping girls become dab hands with fish

School turbot-charges food lessons by helping girls become dab hands with fish

School turbot-charges food lessons by helping girls become dab hands with fish

Year 9, 10 and 11 food tech students at Herts and Essex High have hooked up with a scheme called Fish Heroes.

Young poet reflects on national identity and Black History Month

Young poet reflects on national identity and Black History Month

Young poet reflects on national identity and Black History Month

Year 12 student Emilia Anniss reflected on England and national identity.

'Junior dragons' devise fundraising schemes for Stortford food bank

'Junior dragons' devise fundraising schemes for Stortford food bank

'Junior dragons' devise fundraising schemes for Stortford food bank

Nine primary school pupils were given £50 seed money by a secret investor and seven weeks to make it grow.

Keira's gardening project grows into food bank fundraiser

Keira's gardening project grows into food bank fundraiser

Keira's gardening project grows into food bank fundraiser

Richard Whittington pupil Keira Moyes, 10, set up her Seeds for Change initiative after spending months saving seeds from her grandma's garden.

Student organises Christmas gift shoeboxes for orphans and refugees

Student organises Christmas gift shoeboxes for orphans and refugees

Student organises Christmas gift shoeboxes for orphans and refugees

Collection of over 70 boxes filled with small gifts and goodies for deprived people in eastern Europe was organised by Rebecca Walkley.

Stortford Fields builder tags primary school pupils for safety

Stortford Fields builder tags primary school pupils for safety

Stortford Fields builder tags primary school pupils for safety

Bovis Homes, one of the consortium of developers of the 2,200-home estate, donated reflective tags to Northgate children.

Herts and Essex High School’s decision to remove toilet doors slammed

Herts and Essex High School’s decision to remove toilet doors slammed

Herts and Essex High School’s decision to remove toilet doors slammed

One Year 9 girl told the Indie: “I think my whole student body would agree that this is not acceptable. I feel it’s an invasion of privacy.”

Bishop's Stortford High School students light a Disco Inferno

Bishop's Stortford High School students light a Disco Inferno

Bishop's Stortford High School students light a Disco Inferno

This week students in all year groups at the London Road secondary are rolling back the decades to the 1970s.

Stortford school appoints teacher of 18 years as its new head

Stortford school appoints teacher of 18 years as its new head

Stortford school appoints teacher of 18 years as its new head

Pupils' favourite and deputy head Rachel Griffiths has been at St Michael's Church of England Primary School since 2003.

My First School Friends 2021: Reception class picture special

My First School Friends 2021: Reception class picture special

My First School Friends 2021: Reception class picture special

67 pictures of the 35 classes at 28 schools in the Stortford, Sawbo and Stansted area featuring 728 children – and some of their teachers!

'Outstanding': Ofsted gives nursery near Stortford top scores in all areas

'Outstanding': Ofsted gives nursery near Stortford top scores in all areas

'Outstanding': Ofsted gives nursery near Stortford top scores in all areas

Children at High House Day Nursery at Takeley described as “thriving” while staff were commended for their "excellent attention".

Bishop's Stortford pupil joins climate debate at Children's Parliament

Bishop's Stortford pupil joins climate debate at Children's Parliament

Bishop's Stortford pupil joins climate debate at Children's Parliament

St Michael's girl Willow Hyatt joined the event just before international leaders gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate change summit.

Stort Valley Pride, Portland Child Contact Centre and Retune pocket grants

Stort Valley Pride, Portland Child Contact Centre and Retune pocket grants

Stort Valley Pride, Portland Child Contact Centre and Retune pocket grants

Three Stortford causes receive grants totalling £2,150 from Herts County Council duo's £15,000 locality budgets.

Richard Whittington pupils wow shoppers with pop-up gallery

Richard Whittington pupils wow shoppers with pop-up gallery

Richard Whittington pupils wow shoppers with pop-up gallery

The children used Jackson Square's community space as a gallery to showcase a project called Art Makes Us...

Primary school adopts food bank as its pet cause for a term

Primary school adopts food bank as its pet cause for a term

Primary school adopts food bank as its pet cause for a term

Volunteers from Bishop's Stortford Food Bank visited Richard Whittington to talk to pupils about their work.

Plans for new Stortford Fields primary school revealed

Plans for new Stortford Fields primary school revealed

Plans for new Stortford Fields primary school revealed

Avanti Brook, the second primary school for the Bishop's Stortford North development, is set to open in September 2023.

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