Smith's Wood teacher receives top award

A POPULAR primary school teacher has won a top national award.
Sean Boyd, who takes the reception class at Smith's Wood Community Primary, was nominated for a Silver Pearson Teaching Award earlier this year.
And the school was delighted earlier this month, when Sean was named as a winner in the 'Outstanding New Teacher' category.
Mr Boyd had trained as a teacher at Birmingham City University, before joining Smith's Wood in 2012.
Meriden MP Caroline Spelman has been among those to congratulate the teacher on his success.
The awards were launched over 15 years ago to recognise excellence in education.
All the winners will be invited to a celebratory tea at the House of Commons next month and will now be considered for a Gold Award. Those put forward for this honour will be recognised at an awards ceremony to be televised by the BBC in the autumn.