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Top performing local Secondary School praised by Minister
CHAILEY SCHOOL is celebrating recognition at the
highest level for the achievement of its pupils. The Minister of State for Schools, David
Laws, has written to the Headteacher, Lesley Young, informing her that the School
“has proven to be one of the top 90
non-selective state funded schools in England showing the greatest sustained
improvement in the percentage of pupils achieving five or more A*-C grade GCSEs
including English and mathematics GCSEs.”
He went on to congratulate her on the hard work and
success of staff, governors and pupils over the last three years and thanked
Mrs Young and her leadership team for “the
drive towards the highest standards of educational achievement.”
Mrs Young said:
“There is
no doubt that staff and pupils, supported by governors and parents work
tirelessly every year to ensure that all our young people fulfil their
potential. Having recently received an
‘Outstanding’ grade from the Local Authority and confirmation that the class of
2014 were placed 3rd out of 55 similar schools nationally in last
week’s Performance Tables, the knowledge that we are consistently one of the
top performing schools in England is fantastic!
When I opened the letter from the Department for Education last Friday I
was so proud of all my colleagues and students – they are absolutely brilliant
and deserve to know how good they are!”
Mrs Young went on to say that an extract from the
Performance Tables and a copy of Mr Laws’ letter is
available on the School website and will be sent home to parents of the school
this week.
