Is Prince Rock the best primary school in the country?
Is Prince Rock the best primary school in the whole country?
Prince Rock Primary School is one of only six schools in the whole of the country to have been shortlisted for the 2012 / 2013 ‘Primary School of the Year’ title.
This prestigious national award is sponsored by the country’s leading educational newspaper, the TES (Times Educational Supplement) and it is widely acknowledged as being the major national educational awards body. A sort of teaching ‘Oscars’ for schools!
To have made the top six shortlist when the UK has over 25,000 schools is a really remarkable achievement!
News of the school’s success was announced in last Friday’s TES newspaper, along with a list of Prince Rock’s competition in the final. A renowned panel of judges will now pick their overall national winner at a prestigious awards ceremony in London on Friday 4 July.
Simon Spry, National Leader of Education and Headteacher of Prince Rock Primary School was understandably delighted.
He said: "We’re over the moon! Again!! This is a wonderful acknowledgement of our fabulous school and marvellous children. We have enjoyed three outstanding’ grades from Ofsted in the last three years and we thought that was remarkable, but this really is the icing on the cake. WOW! To have made the top six nationally is amazing. It would of course be great to go one step further and win the coveted first place in the final, but at the moment we are just delighted to be in the final mix."
Prince Rock Primary is a National Support School and a National Teaching School and one of the two schools leading Plymouth’s Teaching School Alliance. Prince Rock Primary was graded as outstanding by Ofsted in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and it is currently working alongside and supporting a number of primary schools in the Plymouth area.
Judith Harwood, Assistant Director for Education, Learning and Families for Plymouth City Council, said: “Prince Rock Primary is an absolute credit to the city and the school fully deserves to be shortlisted in the Times Education Supplement awards. To receive such national recognition is a real achievement and is testament to the difference the school makes to the lives of its pupils. Its innovative and co-operative culture also means best practice is shared with other city schools to help ensure Plymouth as a whole provides top quality education for all our children.”
For more information on the school or its achievements please contact Simon Spry on 01752 257698 or simon.spry@princerock.plymouth.sch.uk
Can you help Prince Rock School attend the final? Would you like to associate your business or organisation’s name with the school and sponsor its appearance in the final? Prince Rock would like to send some of its team to London in July? Can you help? Please contact the school’s business manager on 01752 310063 if you would like to support the school.
