Setting Shiremoor Primary School
Funding The school's budget in 2010/11 was £1,201,702
Purpose To support children to achieve their potential
Background Shiremoor Primary School is based in a deprived area in Newcastle upon Tyne. A third of pupils are eligible for free school meals and just over half have special educational needs. Yet the school consistently scores top marks in inspections and is currently rated "outstanding" by Ofsted. It also featured in Ofsted's 2009 report Twenty Outstanding Primary Schools - Excelling Against the Odds, which recognised the achievements of highly performing schools in deprived areas.
Helen Clegg has been head teacher for 21 years. In that time the school's approach has evolved but she says its philosophy has stayed much the same. "Our aim really is to do the very best for every child," she says.
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