A NATIONAL accolade for quality has been awarded to Abbeywood First School in Redditch for its work in improving the well-being, resilience and self-esteem of its pupils who are vulnerable to underachievement.
The Quality Mark Award recognises the impressive work being done by the Church Hill school to improve progress in reading, writing and maths for all pupils, particularly those with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities.
The award has been developed by leading education charity Achievement for All (AfA), which offers support programmes to schools and settings to help them improve outcomes in the lowest achieving 20 per cent.
Abbeywood has been working in partnership with Achievement for All since September 2013 and has seen a marked improvement in many aspects including working with parents and carers on children’s targets as part of the AfA framework.
Di Smith, executive headteacher at Abbeywood First School said: “Our ethos of working closely in partnership with parents and children has really benefited from the inclusion of the Achievement for All work in the school.
“We are very excited to receive the Quality Mark Award and see the excellent outcomes achieved by the children. However, we are mostly proud of our parents and children who have engaged fully in the programme with us, to really make a difference to their child’s learning.”
One of the parents at the school said: “I have a true partnership with the Abbeywood team. We were able to work with my son and his learning needs at home with the same methodology which was being used at school.
“There was no confusion for him on how to improve and complete tasks, the meetings were always arranged at mutually convenient times and the friendly approach made it easier for us all, as we were very comfortable.”
