CARL SARGEANT AM CONGRATULATES SCHOOL ON PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, is congratulating Rector Drew Voluntary Aided Junior School in Hawarden on achieving the Basic Skills Agency’s prestigious Quality Mark.
To be awarded the Quality Mark, a school has to meet minimum standards in the teaching of literacy and numeracy. A school must demonstrate that it meets 10 elements, including having a whole school strategy, assessing and reviewing pupil performance, having a target for improvement of the school’s performance and involving parents in developing their children’s basic skills.
The Quality Mark is based on a partnership with Local Authorities and is awarded to a school for three years. [A school can apply to renew it after the three years]. Local Authorities assess schools for the award and monitor the school once it has received the Quality Mark.
Mr Sargeant said: “In Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government, as part of its National Strategy for Basic Skills, has set a target that all schools and post 16 organisations with basic skills programmes will gain the Quality Mark this year. We are well on the way to achieving this.
“I am delighted that Rector Drew Voluntary Aided Junior School in Hawarden is the latest school to join other places of learning in Alyn and Deeside in achieving the Quality Mark. This is a real testimony to the work of teachers, parents, governors, and, of course, pupils. They deserve our wholehearted congratulations. Keep up the good work!”
For further information about the Quality Mark, visit http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/ .
Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, is congratulating Rector Drew Voluntary Aided Junior School in Hawarden on achieving the Basic Skills Agency’s prestigious Quality Mark.
To be awarded the Quality Mark, a school has to meet minimum standards in the teaching of literacy and numeracy. A school must demonstrate that it meets 10 elements, including having a whole school strategy, assessing and reviewing pupil performance, having a target for improvement of the school’s performance and involving parents in developing their children’s basic skills.
The Quality Mark is based on a partnership with Local Authorities and is awarded to a school for three years. [A school can apply to renew it after the three years]. Local Authorities assess schools for the award and monitor the school once it has received the Quality Mark.
Mr Sargeant said: “In Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government, as part of its National Strategy for Basic Skills, has set a target that all schools and post 16 organisations with basic skills programmes will gain the Quality Mark this year. We are well on the way to achieving this.
“I am delighted that Rector Drew Voluntary Aided Junior School in Hawarden is the latest school to join other places of learning in Alyn and Deeside in achieving the Quality Mark. This is a real testimony to the work of teachers, parents, governors, and, of course, pupils. They deserve our wholehearted congratulations. Keep up the good work!”
For further information about the Quality Mark, visit http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/ .
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