A ROYSTON school is celebrating after being named in the top 100 best-performing primaries in the country.

Parkside Academy, on Midland Road, made it into the government’s prestigious list after posting year-on-year improvements in its SATs results for the three years since 2012.

A letter, sent by schools minister Nick Gibb MP, was waiting at the school when they returned from the Christmas holiday to inform them of their momentous achievement.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle