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Sunday, 25 November, 2001, 15:23 GMT
Pupils 'paid' to attend lessons
The Ridings School has improved its exam results
Pupils at a school once described as the worst in Britain are being offered cash prizes to come to class.
Children at The Ridings School can earn �50 if they return a perfect attendance record at the end of the year. The school, in Ovenden near Halifax, once closed down when staff said 60 of the pupils were unteachable. But it recently boasted a 10% improvement in its GCSE results.
"I visited the school six months ago and there was a tremendous difference from when it first hit the headlines. "It is unrecognisable from then and a lot of progress has been made." He confirmed that children can now earn cash by attending school. He said: "Anything which encourages pupils to feel that school is something that is part of their life has got to be worth trying. "But I do feel that perhaps this is going a little step too far." Faced closure
It is reported children who achieve 100% attendance in all three of the school terms are handed a �50 reward. The school faced being closed down in 1996 after suffering from bullying, vandalism and truancy. However a new "superhead" Peter Clark was appointed in 1996. He was succeeded five years ago by current headteacher Anna White, who received a CBE in last year's honours list.
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