Dear Parents & Carers

It is with great pleasure that we are able to congratulate Mr Vickerman as the ‘Outstanding New Teacher of the Year 2009’ which was awarded in London at the National Teaching Awards. We were then invited to meet the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, to recognize Mr Vickerman’s achievement, and was singled out for praise by Gordon Brown and Ed Balls.

Could I take this opportunity to thank parents staff, students and Governors for their warm wishes and messages of congratulation. The school has certainly been in the spotlight and received an enormous amount of positive publicity recently. We are delighted that some of our students have been shown on national television and their comments recorded in the press, as ambassadors who have promoted an excellent image of our school.

Gill Metcalfe