Highfield School has just been awarded the prestigious Basic Skills Quality Mark.

It's very difficult to get the Quality Mark. So it's a real credit to the school that it has just got the Quality Mark.

The Quality Mark is about basic skllls. Reading, writing, spelling and numberwork. The skills all children need, The Quality Mark says that the school:

• has a strategy and an action plan to improve children's reading, writing and numberwork;
• assesses children to find out if they need extra help:
• has a target for improving basic skills in the school:
• makes sure that children have plans to improve their reading, writing I g and numberwork:
• reviews the progress made by all of the children;
• provides training for staff so that they can teach better:
• uses different ways of teaching based on what each child needs;
• has good books and other material to help children improve;
• encourages parents to help their children with reading, writing and numberwork;
• monitors whether they are becoming better at teaching basic skills.

The school got the Quality Mark because of the hard work of the teachers and other people who work in the school.

The Quality Mark will last for 3 years. It will be renewed if the school still meets the high standards The Basic Skills Agency require.

Click here or on the Quality Mark logo to visit the The Basic Skills Agency Web site for further information.