MATHS teaching and learning at a Bournemouth secondary has seen it recognised with a national quality mark - the first school in the south. Avonbourne Business and Enterprise College is only the third school nationally to receive the Improvement & Excellence in Mathematics Award.
The Harewood Avenue school was also chosen to pilot the new quality mark for national release and education bosses at the local authority were asked to help design it.
Not all schools taking part in the pilot across the country went on to be successful and reach the high standards needed.
The award measures excellence and innovation in both teaching the subject, the way students learn it as a result, and the tools used to share this good practice with other schools and partners.
All nine maths teachers at Avonbourne and the learning experiences of the entire school population of 1069 girls were assessed.
Howard Curtis, Avonbourne’s head of maths, said: “We’re exceptionally thrilled to have gained this award, not least because so few schools in the country have achieved it to date.
“It represents the culmination of a lot of hard work by my staff who have enabled our GCSE results to increase significantly in the last few years.
“It reflects the hard work put in by our students and it highlights good practice in not just teaching and learning but also in management of maths teaching in the school.”
Sue Nicholson, national director of the quality mark programme, said: “We were extremely impressed with Avonbourne and also their enthusiasm in helping to develop the final version which is now being rolled out across the country.”
The quality mark is a government initiative, overseen by the National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Maths.
Avonbourne’s accreditation will last until 2013, when the school will be reassessed.
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