SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS

HEALTHY SCHOOLS AWARD

Last year we have received re-accreditation of our Healthy Schools award. We first gained this award in 2005 in recognition of the work we do promoting Health Education throughout our school.  This year we also achieved recognition of our School Travel Plan which we are to implement through a variety of funded initiatives, including the successful introduction of our Walking Bus, led by the school staff and parent volunteers. 

ECO SCHOOLS SILVER AWARD 

We are a national Eco school, promoting environmental sustainable education. We first gained Bronze Award in 2005 and two years ago progressed to Silver Award.

BASIC SKILLS QUALITY MARK

At Henshaw CE First School we continue to have very high standards. . For the fourth year 100% of our children achieved national expectations of Level 2b or above for Mathematics, compared to 60% nationally and 70% in Northumberland and for a second year 60% of our children gained the higher Level 3 compared to 21% nationally and 30% in Northumberland.  Our reading results are also outstanding with all of our children achieving Level 2b or above and for the second year in a row 60% of our children gaining the higher Level 3, compared to 26% nationally and 35% in Northumberland.  In writing, again all of our children met national results with 20% gaining Level 3 in line with Northumberland and slightly above National averages. In 2006 we achieved Basic skills Quality Mark, a National award for the high quality teaching and learning of Literacy and Numeracy, and we have continued to raise standards in these areas. 
 
ACTIVEMARK

In 2006 we achieved Activemark for the delivery of 2 hours high quality Physical Education each week. We have continued to receive this award each year.

INVESTORS IN PEOPLE

In 2009 we  achieved Investors in People Award in recognition of the high quality provision we have at Henshaw CE First School and the dedication and commitment to all members of our school community. 

CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS CHANGE SCHOOL

In 2008 we gained Creative Partnerships government funding for three years to become a Creative Partnerships Change School. This is an exciting initiative which enables our children to work with creative specialists in our school.

FMSIS

In 2009 we passed the government standard for Financial Management Standard in Schools. This involved the assessment of the financial procedures in our school, involving our School Secretary and Head Teacher with support from our Governing Body Finance Committee. The effective systems and team work was highlighted as strengths of our school.