Town schools in top 10 improved 前十名改進最多的學校（10/28）

A council is toasting two of its schools which have been named among the top 10 most improved in England.

一個地方議會因為它們有兩所學校被提名為前十名改進最多的學校，正舉杯慶祝。

Royton & Crompton and Grange Secondary Schools, in Oldham, have been named in the list picked from 33,855 schools.

在奧德翰的Royton Crompton中學和Grange中學這2所學校是從33,855所學校中雀屏中選（被提名）。

Crompton House Church of England School has also made it into the top 25% of schools for Value Added.

英格蘭Crompton家族教會學校也名列增值學校的前25%。

Nick Hudson, Assistant Director (School Improvement), said: "This is excellent news to kick start 2006 and something we are all very pleased about."

（學校改進計畫）副主委Nick Hudson說：「這是一個敲響2006年頭彩（好的開始）以及令我們感到非常高興的超級好消息」

He added: "To have not just one, but two schools in the top ten most improved schools list and for Grange School to appear again on the top 10 list for value added, shows that our commitment to education is truly paying dividends."

他接著說：「不是只有1所，而是有2所在前10名改進最多的學校清單中，而且Grange中學在前10名改進最多的學校名單中再次上榜，顯示我們對教育的投入是有所回報的」

Teachers delighted 教師們歡欣鼓舞

The rankings were worked out by the Department for Education and Skills according to the proportion of pupils who gained five A* to C grades.

「改進最多的前十名」這項排名是教育與技能部（教育部）根據該校從五個A到C的成績中，學生獲得多少的比例來制訂。

The table shows the schools that improved consecutively each year from 2002 to 2005, ranking them by the size of their improvement.

在表中可見，從2002年至2005年的每一年裡，根據學校持續不斷地改進的規模大小來做排名。

Graeme Hollinshead, head teacher at Grange School, said: "The pupils enjoy coming to school and they deserve great credit for their achievements."

Grange 中學的校長Graeme Hollinshead說：「學生喜歡來上學而且他們的表現值得獲得表揚（肯定）」。

And Desmond Herlihy, head teacher at Royton and Crompton, added: "The exceptional progress of Royton and Crompton School has been founded on a positive attitude to learning and rigorous and systematic planning and implementation by our staff."

而且Royton and Crompton中學校長Desmond Herlihy接著說：「Royton and Crompton中學優異的進展，是植基於我們全體同仁對學習的積極態度、嚴謹且系統性的規劃和實踐。」