ST MONICA'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, BOOTLE

That this House congratulates the pupils, staff and parents of St Monica's Catholic Primary School, Bootle, for its inclusion in the recent Ofsted report `Twenty outstanding primary schools - Excelling against the odds'; notes that St Monica's School and the Bootle community deserve this accolade; and endorses the comment by Ofsted that the school is an exemplar of outstanding practice for all 23,000 schools across the country to aspire to.