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Holidays feature a steep rise in accommodation cost, due to increased demand. The English tourism industry monitors websites that provide up-to-date school holiday information, and adjusts prices accordingly. Prices often drop by hundreds of pounds one week into the new school term. Most schools have a strict policy against school absences.
Essex became part of the East of England Government Office Region in 1994 and was statistically counted as part of that region from 1999, having previously been part of the South East England region. In 1998 the boroughs of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea were given unitary authority status and ceased to be under county council control.
The pink districts are within the Local Education Authority for Essex. This is a list of schools in Essex, England. Essex is the second largest Local Education Authority in England.
The history of education in England is documented from Saxon settlement of England, and the setting up of the first cathedral schools in 597 and 604.. Education in England remained closely linked to religious institutions until the nineteenth century, although charity schools and "free grammar schools", which were open to children of any religious beliefs, became more common in the early ...
Essex (/ ˈ ɛ s ɪ k s / ESS-iks) is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties.It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the south, Greater London to the south-west, and Hertfordshire to the west.
Farnham C of E Primary School is a primary school in Farnham, Essex, England. Farnham Primary School is located on the Essex/Herts county border, within two miles (3 km) of Stansted Mountfitchet and Bishop's Stortford, and takes pupils from both counties. [3] Founded in 1874, Farnham primary is Essex's smallest school with about 50 pupils in 2023.
Britain in Bloom divides England into 12 regions, bearing a mixture of government regions with some altered names. It also includes Cumbria , Thames-and-Chilterns ( Berkshire , Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire ) and part of south east and south west as South-and-South-West.
England is home to the two oldest universities in the English-speaking world: the University of Oxford, founded in 1096, and the University of Cambridge, founded in 1209. Both universities are ranked among the most prestigious in the world. [12] [13] England's terrain chiefly consists of low hills and plains, especially in the centre and south.