Clervaux Nursery School was due to be merged with Jarrow Cross Primary in South Tyneside under the local authority's proposals, 'Transforming Our Schools' (News, 27 September 2007).
The nursery school opened in 1945 and won an International School award three years ago from the British Council for Education and Training - one of only 127 schools out of 26,500 nationally to win the accolade. The decision not to close Clervaux was made at a council meeting on 27 May, days after it received its fourth outstanding Ofsted report.
Ann Stevens, acting head teacher of Clervaux, said, 'We're still pinching ourselves. We're so happy that the decision-makers took into consideration the standards and quality, the things that really matter.'
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