WHAT a shame your story about the region’s under performing schools (Echo, Oct 11) chose to focus on the negatives and failed to mention the meteoric rise in high performing schools in Stockton Borough.
Here in Stockton the percentage of secondary schools rated outstanding or good has rocketed from 45 to 89 in just over three years – that’s the best in the North-East by some margin.
As for our primary schools, 96 per cent are outstanding or good.
So, rather than: “Region tops the class for poorly performing schools” as a headline it would have been nice to see an alternative along the lines “Stockton schools are flying high.”
Well done to our schools and all of the pupils, teachers, support staff, parents, carers and governors who have contributed to this remarkable improvement.
Cllr Ann McCoy, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
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