In August, Pye Bank Primary School received congratulations from the Director of Children's Services, Dr Sonia Sharp, for moving out of the Local Authority’s group of schools that were causing concern.
The end of year assessments of pupil attainment showed the children in Year 6 had reached all the targets set for them for the second year running. The Year 2 pupils achieved the highest standards in the school's history.
The new term starts with much optimism for the future with the quality of provision and rate of pupil progress being good to outstanding in nearly every area.
The Early Years work, led by Mrs Ann Dawson, is receiving special attention and praise.
A recent visitor from the National Strategies Team declared,
“I judge the quality of a school by whether I would want my children educated there. I'm here at Pye Bank and I wish I could be learning here!”
Headteacher, Paul Hopkinson, puts the improvements down to the hard work and skill of the staff team, as well as the unmatchable enthusiasm of the children and their families. He says,
“We still have a journey to make, as do all schools, but we know where we want to go, and most importantly we know how to get there"