On Tuesday I attended the Governors for St Margaret’s CoE Primary School on Heywood Road. St Margaret’s is one of the two schools in the ward which I serve as a Local Education Authority (LEA) Governor.

At the meeting the Head Teacher reported on the outstanding Diocesan Inspection report that the school received from the Church of England inspectors. The report gave the school an “outstanding” mark which is excellent.

It was also great to see some excellent results at the end of the summer term in 2007. In Key Stage 1 (infants) 100% of children reached Level 2 or more in Speaking/Listening, Writing, Maths and Science. 91% reached 2 or mrore in Reading. Many more children reached the higher level 3- 40% in Reading, Maths and Science.

 At Key Stage 2 (juniors), the school had the third highest results in the whole of Bury - the best the school has ever done! 100% of children achieved level 4 or more in English and Science, and 91% in Maths. Many children reached the higer Level 5 (71% in English!). Well done to all the children and teachers involved in such excellent results.

It was also good to hear that the school’s spanish teaching project is moving further forward. A Foreign Language Assistant has been made available for two sesions each week from Chile to help the children with their Spanish language.