Our Boys Games and Year 6 Teachers... I worked at St Thomas More School in Southend-on-Sea, teaching PE, Science, STEM and Duke of Edinburgh.

St. Margaret’s has been owned and led by lots of headteachers over the 75 years since it was founded. View a timeline of Headteachers. 1946 – Mrs Lowe and Commander Lowe owned Gosfield Hall, applied for planning permission to convert...

Gosfield doesn’t appear in the Domesday Book of 1086. At that stage, Gosfield was part of the Lordships of Hedingham, Halstead, Bocking and Wethersfield. From Henry II’s time (around 1180), our part of Gosfield became the Manor of Bellowes. The...

Mrs Dianne O’Connor has been a familiar face at St. Margaret’s over the years and she has lots of stories from her time as a teacher. It is lovely to hear her memories of the St Margaret’s pupils, showing their...

A recent COVID impact study reports that children aged 4 and 5 years old (Reception) are struggling with language and communication development. The schools surveyed by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) are also reporting their concerns around their pupils’ personal,...

Our new year 4 teacher... My last job was as KS2 Phase Leader, Maths Coordinator and Year 6 teacher at Gosfield School.

I started as a part-time Y6 maths teacher in September 2004 and was given the Y4 class in September 2005.  One of the first pupils in through my classroom door was Imogen Blackburne, Mrs Blackburne’s eldest daughter, and this was...

We understand that when faced with the choice between a pre-school or a nursery, many parents will be balancing child-care needs, location, cost and what the setting might provide for their child. The practicalities and logistics of taking children regularly...

School allocation day is always an anxious time for parents, but during the current school closures, you might be having doubts about your choices, about what happens next or you might just want someone to speak to. Head of Early...

At St Margaret’s we love reading and sharing books EVERY day…. so when given the opportunity to do so for a WHOLE day, and in fancy dress, we jump at it!

Year 4 had a fantastic time on their residential trip to Burwell House. The three-day, two-night visit was packed with fun activities. A particular highlight was the professionally equipped TV studio, complete with three cameras and green screen

It was a cold, wet, miserable day and nine year old Alex was tired of doing her boring homework (she says it’s too easy for her!). Alex decided to build a robot to do all her homework for her. She...

Ava and Orla Brobyn wanted to do something to help raise money for St Clare Hospice based in Hastingwood, Essex, who have been doing so much to support their family since their father, Conor, was diagnosed with a terminal brain...

Farmer Gemma and her sheepdog ‘Blue’ are loading up her truck and bringing her animals to visit us. Spend a morning at this FREE Petting Farm experience getting a chance to be ‘hands on’ and help with grooming, feeding and...