A SCHOOL received a pat on the back last week for improved test results.
The school's Standard Assessment Tasks (SATS) scores soared for the year 2000-2001, ranking it the 71st most improved centre in England.
Officers from Durham County Council presented staff at Greenland Junior School, South Moor, near Stanley, with a School Achievers' Award and a sculpture.
Results went from a 68 per cent pass rate in English to 78 per cent. In maths they soared from 78per cent to 92 per cent. It follows a drive at the school, working with parents and holding extra classes in the run-up to the tests.
Deputy head Lynn George said: "We are delighted with the award. It is down to the hard work and dedication of the staff, pupils and parents."
Durham County Council's director of education, Keith Mitchell, said: "We are very pleased for the school, which should be very proud of its achievement."
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