You might hope that every school would want pupils to work their very hardest – and pass any exams with flying colours.
But one primary head has decided there is more to life than educational achievements, and has written to her final-year pupils to tell them not to worry about their results.
Headmistress Rachel Tomlinson and her head of year six, Amy Birkett, told children that there are ‘many ways of being smart’ in the message, which was included with their Key Stage Two results.
They asked the 11-year-old pupils to remember that the scores ‘will tell you something, but they will not tell you everything’.
The letter, which was sent by Barrowford Primary School in Nelson, Lancashire, has been widely circulated on Twitter.
Read the letter below and perhaps our schools can take a cue from it with a view to encouraging students and probably reducing exam stress for youngsters.
