STAFF at an Andover school are celebrating after being handed a prestigious national award.
Harrow Way Community School has been recognised for excellence in teaching and learning in geography by the Geographical Association, after 75 per cent of pupils achieved an A* to C grade in the subject in the summer.
The school is one of only 52 centres across the country to have been awarded the Secondary Geography Quality Mark for 2014.
The award, which now in its fifth year, recognises student attainment, progress and achievement and sets expectations about the quality of teaching.
It aims to promote effective subject leadership and management, helping subject leaders raise the standards of geography in their schools.
Headteacher Michael Serridge said: “We have transformed geography in the last 18 months and I am delighted to see the impact of this in this year’s results.
“Geography continues to go from strength to strength and I am very excited about its future at Harrow Way.”
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