A STOURBRIDGE school has been recognised as one of the country’s best after picking up a prestigious annual educational award.
Old Swinford Hospital School has won a 2015 Good Schools Guide Award for girls taking music and biology at A level, and boys taking Chinese at GCSE.
The prestigious annual awards, which are in their ninth year, are based on a detailed analysis of the most recent examination results, and designed to highlight consistently good teaching.
The school were presented with the award for out-performing all other English schools in its category.
Paul Kilbride, headteacher, said: “We are absolutely delighted to be acknowledged in this way for our educational excellence.
“This is a very proud moment for Old Swinford Hospital and we are sure it will inspire and encourage all pupils who are working toward their GCSEs and A levels”.
The Good Schools Guide Awards are based on a series of calculations which take into account relative popularity and performance of the subject, absolute performance, and percentage of pupils taking the subject.
Ralph Lucas, guide editor, said: “Our annual awards scheme is designed to recognise and reward excellence in teaching in every subject area at both GCSE and A level or equivalent.
“Our awards give individual teachers and departments where teaching is at its very best the recognition they deserve.”
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