NOREMARSH Junior School has been awarded the Achievement for All Quality Mark, which recognises an institute for its efforts to help students' learn.

The Royal Wootton Bassett school has been part of the Achievement for All ‘Achieving Schools’ coaching programme since 2017, which works with schools across the country to help all children learn, regardless of their background, challenges or needs.

Assistant headteacher, Jo Ballinger, said: “This Achievement for All Quality Mark is the culmination of hard work from everyone across the school to improve prospects for all of our children.

“We’ve been working with our Achievement for All Coach, Liz Bannister, to implement strategies across the school to make a difference to our disadvantaged pupils. These are mainly pupils who experience a barrier to learning, which could be as a result of attendance, limited support at home or many other reasons.

“Through the programme, we build the relationships with parents in order to put school-based and home-based plans in place, and we work together to hold each other to account for the benefit of the child. The strategies also have school-wide benefits too and improve the quality of teaching and the relationships teachers have with all of the children.”

The programme will continue through this term, with the focus on wellbeing and supporting the link between emotional wellbeing and progress and attainment.