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Black Country pupils impress at awards
04 November 2009Primary and secondary pupils from across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton gathered today at Dudley Zoo to find out who had won this year’s Black Country Challenge Student Awards. The awards are a chance to celebrate the achievements of local young people being supported through the Black Country Challenge – a £28 million, three year government programme to raise aspirations and achievements in the area.Black Country Challenge Minister Diana Johnson sent a congratulatory message to the winners of the awards who had impressed judges with the high standard of their entries. She said:“The Black Country Challenge Awards help to raise pupils’ aspirations and celebrate real achievements across primary and secondary schools.“Congratulations to everyone taking part. Today is a great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of primary and secondary school pupils through “My School in Great”, music, new media, performing arts, writing for the media, business and enterprise, and science, as well as recognising personal achievement through the ‘Star Pupils’ category.“I was appointed Minister for the Black Country Challenge in June and already I have been impressed by the dedication and desire to rise to the challenge from teachers and pupils alike. This year’s GCSE results are a great reflection of your efforts with improvements outstripping the national average and the number of pupils getting 5 A*-C grades including maths and English going up by 3.1 percentage points.” The Awards were presented by Black Country Challenge Chief Adviser Sir Geoff Hampton and sponsors. The ceremony was attended by pupils, parents and teachers from across the region and hosted by Michael Collie and Satnam Rana from BBC Midlands Today.Black Country Challenge Chief Adviser and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton, Sir Geoff Hampton said:
“I am delighted that we are able to celebrate the continuing success of schools throughout the Black Country. Overall our schools have continued to improve with some spectacular results achieved by individual schools. "Today's awards acknowledge this but are focussed in particular upon some of the magnificent achievements of pupils who have contributed to this success story. Our sponsors and partners have provided some excellent prizes which I will help present at today's award ceremonies hosted by Michael Collie and Satnam Rana.”The winners of the Black Country Challenge Student Awards are:
[ CLICK HERE FOR TABLES OF BLACK COUNTRY AWARDS]Editor's Notes
This press notice relates to 'England'
1. The Awards Ceremony was held at Dudley Zoo, Wednesday 4 November 2009. 2. The Minister sent a recorded message of congratulations. 3. Two Star pupils will have the chance on the night to hear if they will get to spend a day with BBC Midlands Today. 4. The Black Country Challenge is a partnership between schools, local authorities and government. Its aim is to boost educational performance in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. From 2008 to March 2011 the Department for Children, Schools and Families will invest around £28million. More information about the Black Country Challenge can be found at: http://www.theblackcountrychallenge.co.uk5. An important part of the Black Country Challenge is to support the National Challenge ambition that no school will have fewer than 30 per cent of its pupils achieving 5 A*-C grades at GCSE, including English and maths by 2011. 6. The other City Challenges are the London Challenge and the Greater Manchester Challenge. Contact Details
Public Enquiries 0870 000 2288, info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
Press Notice 2009/0207
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