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Funeral date for Herts and Essex’s formidable former headmistress

Funeral date for Herts and Essex’s formidable former headmistress

Funeral date for Herts and Essex’s formidable former headmistress

Funeral of Joyce Hammersley, who was head of Herts and Essex High School for almost a quarter of a century, will take place on Monday November 4.


Petitions launched as community rallies to save Leventhorpe pool and gym

Petitions launched as community rallies to save Leventhorpe pool and gym

Petitions launched as community rallies to save Leventhorpe pool and gym

The facilities are set to shut from Monday, December 23, after central government pulled the plug on vital funding.


Sawbridgeworth high and dry as Leventhorpe pool and gym set to close

Sawbridgeworth high and dry as Leventhorpe pool and gym set to close

Sawbridgeworth high and dry as Leventhorpe pool and gym set to close

Head Malcolm White said the annual grant the school received from the Department for Education to subsidise the pool was being withdrawn.


King Charles’ Herts representatives bring Commonwealth values to Stortford school

King Charles’ Herts representatives bring Commonwealth values to Stortford school

King Charles’ Herts representatives bring Commonwealth values to Stortford school

Deputy Lieutenant Alison Trew and lieutenancy education panel chair Marion Brown gave presentation about monarchy, Commonwealth and British values.


Olympic rower’s school visit provides a lesson in strength and courage

Olympic rower’s school visit provides a lesson in strength and courage

Olympic rower’s school visit provides a lesson in strength and courage

2004 Athens bronze medallist Sarah Winckless, who lives with a genetic disorder, inspired 80 Herts and Essex students with her story.


Hockerill students celebrate Black History Month through music, dance, poetry and fashion

Hockerill students celebrate Black History Month through music, dance, poetry and fashion

Hockerill students celebrate Black History Month through music, dance, poetry and fashion

Musical selections spanned genres and eras, with performances inspired by Erykah Badu, Sam Cooke, Rihanna and Count Basie.


Building work at new Bishop’s Stortford High School to finish ‘by start of November’

Building work at new Bishop’s Stortford High School to finish ‘by start of November’

Building work at new Bishop’s Stortford High School to finish ‘by start of November’

Herts County Council leader Richard Roberts told a meeting on Tuesday: “It should only be another couple of weeks before the work is completed.”


Gordon has the formula for success in Cambridge University challenge

Gordon has the formula for success in Cambridge University challenge

Gordon has the formula for success in Cambridge University challenge

Herts and Essex High School Year 13 student Gordon Chan won a top award in Cambridge University’s Chemistry Challenge.


Herts County Council faces prospect of £21m black hole in budget

Herts County Council faces prospect of £21m black hole in budget

Herts County Council faces prospect of £21m black hole in budget

The latest available data shows that just three months into the 2024-25 financial year, the authority had spent £4.6m more than had been expected.


Almost a fifth of Herts & Essex High School students get top grades in all their A-levels

Almost a fifth of Herts & Essex High School students get top grades in all their A-levels

Almost a fifth of Herts & Essex High School students get top grades in all their A-levels

Alongside the 54 who got at least 3 As, almost half (49%) of the school’s 295-strong Year 13 cohort had at least one A.


‘Outstanding’ performances at Bishop’s Stortford High amid grade boundary changes

‘Outstanding’ performances at Bishop’s Stortford High amid grade boundary changes

‘Outstanding’ performances at Bishop’s Stortford High amid grade boundary changes

Four students have gained places at Oxford or Cambridge University with two more off to study medicine.


Birchwood A-levels: Every leaver expected to move on to their chosen pathway

Birchwood A-levels: Every leaver expected to move on to their chosen pathway

Birchwood A-levels: Every leaver expected to move on to their chosen pathway

Retiring head Dr Chris Ingate said record number of students were moving to their first-choice universities, apprenticeships or employment.


Hockerill students prove to be IB world-beaters again

Hockerill students prove to be IB world-beaters again

Hockerill students prove to be IB world-beaters again

16% of the 118 Year 13 students achieved 40 points or more out of the perfect 45 – equivalent to an A-level score of four A*s and one A.


Heads of St Mary’s Catholic School ‘family’ pay tribute to A-level cohort

Heads of St Mary’s Catholic School ‘family’ pay tribute to A-level cohort

Heads of St Mary’s Catholic School ‘family’ pay tribute to A-level cohort

Nathan Ilsley got a clean sweep of four A*s and is off to Cambridge to study engineering while Emily Evers is bound for biology at Oxford.


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