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Tuesday, February 3, 1998 Published at 13:59 GMT
UK
Minister names and acclaims schools
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Schools under the microscope: close inspection has revealed vast improvements.
School Standards minister Stephen Byers has "named and acclaimed" more
than 70 schools which have turned failure into success.
Each of the schools, once condemned by inspectors, has now improved
sufficiently to be removed over the last three years from close supervision.
Representatives from each of the schools were invited to a party given by Mr
Byers on the terrace of the House of Commons.
Name and shame
Mr Byers provoked controversy shortly after the election by "naming and shaming"
18 schools which were failing to improve sufficiently quickly.
On Tuesday he said the Government was also determined to celebrate success.
"Last year, the Government was criticised for `naming and shaming' 18 failing
schools. We said that where we found failure, we would be open about it and
support schools in any way we could.
"We also said we would celebrate success. Today we are doing just that, and
getting a chance to hear at first hand how true grit, determination, vision and
sheer hard work can pull a school back from the brink and set it on the road to
recovery.
"These schools show what can be done. They are from inner city and rural
areas, including some deprived areas where many pupils have English as a second
language and take free school meals.
"They challenge the myth that poverty is an excuse for failure. Those who
write off these children as failures do so at their peril. We certainly will not
do it. They want our support, not sympathy. Today we name and acclaim them."
The schools represented at Tuesday's reception were:
All Saints Primary, Rochdale.
Brookfield Special School, Cheltenham.
Brent Pupil Referral Unit.
Brancaster Primary School, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Breeze Hill Secondary School, Oldham.
Bowling Community College, Bradford.
Brookside Special School, Derby.
Broomwood School, Bradford.
Cawston Primary School, Cawston, Norfolk.
Crook Primary School, Durham.
Deerlands Special School, Sheffield.
Dalton Junior School, Huddersfield.
Earlsmead Junior School, Haringey.
Edna G. Olds Primary School, Nottingham.
Erpingham Primary School, Norfolk.
Francis Askew School, Hull.
Forest Gate Pupil Referral Unit, Corby, Northants.
Fred Nicholson Special School, East Dereham, Norfolk.
Garston Primary School, Liverpool.
Geoffrey Chaucer School, Southwark.
Griffin Manor Special School, Greenwich.
Hickling Primary School, Hickling, Norfolk.
Holyhead Primary School, Sandwell.
Hockwold Primary School, Thetford, Norfolk.
Hunslet Nursery School, Leeds.
Kingshurst Junior School, Solihull.
Lea County Infants School, Slough.
Lea Green Special School, Waltham Forest.
Lilian Baylis School, Lambeth.
Linwood Special School, Bournemouth, Dorset
Little Ilford Secondary School, Newham.
Mayville Infants School, Waltham Forest.
Morningside Primary School, Hackney.
Northmoor Green School, Hackney.
Norbridge Primary School, Nottingham.
Northicote Secondary School, Wolverhampton.
Pinewood Primary School, Stoke.
Rodmell Primary School, Lewes, East Sussex.
Rearsby Primary School, Rearsby, Leicestershire.
Roundthorn School, Oldham.
Stratford GM Secondary School, Newham.
St John the Divine Primary School, Lambeth.
South Park Infant School, Redbridge.
St Ann's GM Primary School, Sheffield.
St Joseph's Junior School, Brent.
St George's Primary School, Southwark.
St Malachy's Primary School, Liverpool.
St John's Junior School, Liverpool.
St Jospehh's Junior School, Waltham Forest.
St Patrick's Primary School, Telford, Shropshire.
St Mary's Primary School, Ledbury, Gloucestershire.
St James Primary School, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
Shaw Park Primary School, Hull.
St George's Primary School, Wandsworth.
Slated Row Special School, Milton Keynes.
Stavely Junior School, Chesterfield.
St Hugh's GM Secondary School, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
St Mary's and St Joseph's Primary School, Blackburn, Lancs.
St Barnabus and St Paul's Primary School, Blackburn, Lancs.
Sneyd High School, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.
St Matthias Primary School, Hackney.
Tamarside Secondary School, Plymouth, Devon.
The Drive Primary School, Gateshead.
The Phoenix Secondary School, Hammersmith and Fulham.
Tyldesley Highfield Special School, Wigan.
Urchfont Primary School, Wilts.
Victoria Primary School, Leeds.
Welsh House Farm Primary School, Birmingham.
Wey House Special School, Guildford, Surrey.
Watergate Special School, Lewisham.
Worsley Mesnes Primary School, Wigan.
West Gate Community College, Newcastle.
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