Emphasis On Quality

Over recent years we have gained increasing national recognition for the quality of the service that we have offered to our community.

The TEC Award for partnership between education and business acknowledged our innovative and creative links with local companies, which subsequently provided the foundation for new and more relevant curriculum courses.

The Schools Curriculum Award focused on our links with the local community - local business again, but also the partner schools in the district; it also praised the way in which we help students to learn from their own surroundings, and the contributions we have made to local life.

The Sportsmark Award gives national recognition to the excellence of our sporting provision, particularly the links we have made with local sports clubs.

The Prime Minister's Charter Mark is our most recent accolade. This simply recognises excellence and acknowledges quality - quality of provision, quality of service, and quality of response.

Alongside these national standards we operate our own stringent measurement of our improvement - how much we have improved attendance; how many more double linguists we have produced; how many of our musicians are chosen to represent the county; how clear and detailed our reports to parents have become - because we are committed to keep on getting better in every sphere of our activity.