Mayflower Primary School has just won a prestigious national award, two years after it was also named in the top three. It's an amazing achievement.
What perhaps makes it all the more remarkable is that the school isn't in an upmarket, affluent place, surrounded by green fields and tranquillity. In fact, it's in one of the most deprived areas of London.
The headteacher, Dee Bleach, said that pupils at the school, in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, often start school already dealing with difficulties at home. So when it was named as The Sunday Times' State Primary School of the year in 2023, having placed in the top three in 2021, it was a big moment.
