School has achieved the following awards

Feb 2006 our school was awarded the Basic Skills Quality Mark by an external assessor from the Basic Skills Agency.

This means that our school:-

• has a strategy and action plan to improve children's reading, writing and numberwork
• assesses children to find out if they need extra help
• has a target for improving basic skills in the school
• makes sure that children have plans to improve their reading, writing and numberwork
• reviews the progress made by all of the children
• provides training for staff so that they can teach better
• uses different ways of teaching based on what each child needs
• has good books and other material to help children improve
• encourages parents to help their children
• monitors whether they are becoming better at teaching basic skills

The School is credited for actively promoting Personal, Social, Emotional and Citizenship education, emotional health and well-being, culture, the arts, healthy eating, physical activity and safety.