Schools across south Essex have been counting down to Christmas in their own special ways.

A special 40-page pull-out in the Echo today (Tuesday December 19) will feature photos from more than 40 schools of pupils across Southend, Basildon, Castle Point and Rochford, celebrating Christmas in the classroom.

Here are all of the south Essex primary schools featured in the special festive spread: 

  • Abacus Primary School
  • Bournemouth Park Academy
  • Bournes Green Infant School
  • Barling Magna Primary Academy
  • Briscoe Primary School
  • Castledon School
  • Darlinghurst Academy
  • Canewdon CofE Primary School
  • Earls Hall Primary School
  • Eastwood Primary School
  • Janet Duke Primary School
  • Crays Hill Primary School
  • Eversley Primary School
  • Edwards Hall Primary School
  • Greenways Primary School, Southend
  • Great Wakering Primary Academy
  • Heycroft Primary School
  • Holt Farm Junior School
  • Greensted Primary School
  • Grove Wood Primary School
  • Holt Farm Infant School
  • Montgomerie Primary School
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
  • Kents Hill Infant Academy
  • Oakfield Primary School
  • North Crescent Primary School
  • Leigh Beck Junior School
  • Lee Chapel Primary School
  • Jotmans Hall Primary School
  • Laindon Park Primary School
  • Richmond Avenue Primary School
  • Plumberow Primary Academy
  • Rayleigh Primary School
  • Rochford Primary School
  • Prince Avenue Academy
  • South Benfleet Primary School
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
  • Robert Drake Primary School
  • St George Catholic Primary School
  • St Helen’s Catholic Primary School
  • St Katherines CofE Primary School
  • Ryedene Primary School
  • Wickford CofE Primary School
  • St Josephs Catholic Primary School
  • Westwood Academy
  • St Michaels School
  • The Westborough School
  • Thorpe Hall School
  • St Marys CofE Primary School
  • St Margarets CofE Academy
  • West Leigh Infant School
  • Thundersley Primary School
  • Westerings Primary Academy
  • St Nicholas Primary School
  • Sunnymede Primary School
  • The Phoenix Primary School