RETRO: Kirton Middlecott School prize-giving ceremony 1997

Were you at Kirton Middlecott School in the late ‘90s? If so, you might spot a familiar face in these photographs from the Boston Standard’s archives.
By David Seymour
Published 13th Jan 2023, 14:49 BST
Junior prize-winners at Kirton Middlecott School’s prize-giving evening of 1997 with head teacher Gerald Walters.Junior prize-winners at Kirton Middlecott School’s prize-giving evening of 1997 with head teacher Gerald Walters.
Junior prize-winners at Kirton Middlecott School’s prize-giving evening of 1997 with head teacher Gerald Walters.

These photographs show prize-winners at the school’s annual awards evening of 1997.

At the event, league tables – introduced by the Tory Government in 1992 – came under fire.

Headteacher Gerald Walters said the approach took ‘no account of ability on arrival in a secondary school’ and labelled them ‘insulting nonsense to most schools’.