A SCHOOL has celebrated winning four awards in six months.

Marley Hill Primary School, in Sunniside, Gateshead, which has 120 pupils, won the Government's Basic Skills Award, an Environmental Challenge, a School of Achievement Award and a Healthy School Award.

Headteacher Cathy Westgate said: "It's wonderful and so nice to be acknowledged in these ways.

"Our school has just continued to go from strength to strength. We're a real family school, and I have an excellent team.