The awards were made by Sir Mike Tomlinson at ‘Seizing Success 2009’, the National College’s annual leadership conference.

The schools were singled out for leading the way in four main aspects of 21st century learning – teaching and learning methods; people, resources and curriculum; time and space.

The two Outstanding Winners were named as Belgrave Primary School in Stoke on Trent and Grampian Primary School in Derby.

Kingsley Special School, Kettering, and Penn Hall School, Wolverhampton, received Highly Commended certificates. Newman Special School in Rotherham picked up a certificate for being shortlisted.

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To read about our highly commended entries click the links for:

Abbots Green Community Primary School in Suffolk Abbots Green,

Cramlington Community High School in Northumberland Cramlington, and

Greys Education Centre in Bedfordshire Greys.

Finally, from this outstanding group of entries, to read about the schools we awarded commended certificates click the links for:

Hook Primary School in East Yorkshire Hook,

Longfield School in Darlington Longfield,

Lent Rise Combined School in Buckinghamshire Lent Rise,

Glossopdale Community School in Derbyshire Glossopdale,

Graiseley Primary School in Wolverhampton Graiseley and

Vigo Junior School in Hampshire Vigo.

Below is a video case study on our 2008 winner:

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