A COLLEGE is celebrating after inspectors praised the progress it had made in supporting pupils.
Woodham Community Technology College, in Newton Aycliffe, has been awarded Investing in Children status again.
The award came after project worker Helen Mulhearn met student council members to discuss changes at the college.
These include the addition of a drinking fountain and vending machine, and the refurbishment of toilets.
Safer bicycle parking is also being provided, in partnership with County Durham's Safer Routes to School scheme.
A walkway to the college will be made safer and a path running along Woodham Burn is to be cleared, with lighting installed.
Headteacher Steven Harness said: "It is vital to involve children in decisions affecting their lives and I am delighted to achieve the Investing in Children redesignation."
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