Report lists top schools in town (From Tewkesbury Admag)

Report lists top schools in town

2:33pm Thursday 23rd November 2006 in News

Gotherington and Tewkesbury C of E Primary Schools are outstanding, according to the annual report from Government education chiefs.

The report lists all 1476 schools, colleges and early years providers found to be outstanding in their effectiveness, in inspections carried out over the past year.

Of these, 14 schools are in Gloucesteshire.

It is the third time Gotherington school has appeared on the list and headteacher Viv Church put their repeated success down to teamwork.

She said: "It is not just the teachers. Our support workers, governors, parents and of course, the children are all very dedicated and hard working. It is very much a team thing and we could not do it without them all."

She added it has been a particularly good year for the school, "We have just won the Investors in People Award and got our ArtsMark Gold. We have scored a hat-trick with our Ofsted report."

Meanwhile Andrew Holt, headteacher of Tewkesbury C of E Primary School said: "We were amongst the top 100 in the country when we were inspected in December.

"It is really good to see the school's hard work and achievements recognised by an outside body.

"We work hard, but try to make it fun and the children say how much they enjoy coming to school."

Government chief education inspector Christine Gilbert added: "My congratulations go to all for their success in delivering such a high standard of teaching and care."

Both schools now have a special logo marking their achievement.