{"id":34786,"date":"2026-05-12T15:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34786\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:50:32","slug":"nexus-school-in-upper-haysden-lane-pays-tribute-to-site-team-member-colin-jewhurst-who-died-after-medical-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34786\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexus School in Upper Haysden Lane pays tribute to site team member Colin Jewhurst who died after medical episode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A school has shut after a \u201cvalued member\u201d of the site team died on the premises following a medical episode.<\/p>\n<p>Much-loved grandad Colin Jewhurst had been part of Nexus School in Upper Haysden Lane, Tonbridge, for seven years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 375 377\" alt=\"Colin Jewhurst worked in the site team at Nexus School in Tonbridge. Pictured with his wife Rowena Jewhurst\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"MN0TFX0UM2LNW6N0WVGK.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.99\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MN0TFX0UM2LNW6N0WVGK.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Jewhurst worked in the site team at Nexus School in Tonbridge. Pictured with his wife Rowena Jewhurst\"\/>Colin Jewhurst worked in the site team at Nexus School in Tonbridge. Pictured with his wife Rowena Jewhurst<\/p>\n<p>Today, executive headteacher Scott Jarred, announced with \u201cgreat sadness\u201d that Colin had passed away at the school yesterday evening after a medical episode.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cColin had been part of the Nexus community for over seven years and was a much-loved member of staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was always ready to help others, with a smile on his face and a kind, supportive presence around the school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colin\u2019s wife, Rowena Jewhurst, said: \u201cHe was hard-working and an amazing husband, dad, step-dad and grandad\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The executive headteacher explained the news had been a \u201csignificant shock\u201d to the whole school community and a decision had been made to shut in order to allow staff time to process the news and begin to mourn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be spending time in some classes tomorrow working with students to help them understand what has happened, as many of them had very positive friendships with Colin,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 925 776\" alt=\"Nexus School in Tonbridge. Picture: Google\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"WC26Y85KL7MRT9KQYN2C.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.19\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WC26Y85KL7MRT9KQYN2C.jpg\" alt=\"Nexus School in Tonbridge. Picture: Google\"\/>Nexus School in Tonbridge. Picture: Google<\/p>\n<p>Mr Jarred thanked the parents and families for their \u201ccompassion, understanding, and support at this very difficult time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In an initial post last night, Nexus School said it would be closing today due to exceptional and unforeseen circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to parents this morning, the school apologised for the late decision to close.<\/p>\n<p>It said the school will reopen as normal tomorrow (May 13).<\/p>\n<p>Nexus School, which opened in 2017, is a designated special school for pupils with profound, severe and complex needs (PSCN).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A school has shut after a \u201cvalued member\u201d of the site team died on the premises following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[28,529,309,307,1050,1118,1091,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-34786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-education","9":"tag-human-interest","10":"tag-kent","11":"tag-malling","12":"tag-obituaries","13":"tag-syndicate","14":"tag-tonbridge","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116562403550707666","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}