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Apr 2024
Ripon primary school named as one of the most diverse in North Yorkshire
Moorside Primary School and Nursery in Ripon has been named as one of the most culturally diverse schools in North Yorkshire and has been recognised for its inclusivity.
The school has pupils from 17 different nationalities and has become the first in the county to be awarded the Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) Flagship status.
Almost 10 different languages are spoken by children at the school and almost 20% of the school, 33 pupils, do not speak English as their first language.
It has 190 pupils of various religious beliefs and there are children whose families originate from countries such as Nigeria, Syria, Afghanistan, Poland, Pakistan, Romania, China and Latvia.
The Inclusion Quality Mark was established in the UK in October 2004 with the objective of supporting both state and independent schools to become inclusive.
Claire Rowett, headteacher at Moorside Primary and Nursery, said:
Ms Rowett added:
Children in class with teacher Georgia Padbury-Hunt.
North Yorkshire Council’s assistant director for education and skills, Amanda Newbold, said:
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