A second High Wycombe school has been awarded a national award for nurturing. 

Wycombe MP Steve Baker was on hand to help Millbrook Combined School celebrate receiving the National Nurturing Schools Award on Friday.

The National Nurturing School Award is awarded to schools who successfully complete the National Nurturing Schools Programme, a two-year course to develop and embed a nurturing culture throughout the school.

Millbrook is only the second school in High Wycombe to receive the award, following Marsh Infant and Nursery School in October last year. 

The accolade is awarded to schools who demonstrate "exemplary" practice in embedding a nurturing culture throughout their school, enhancing teaching and learning by focusing on emotional needs and development in a whole-school environment.

Mr Baker helped present the award to head teacher Debra Mansfield. 

Mrs Mansfield said: "We are thrilled to be one of the first schools in the UK to receive the National Nurturing School Award.  

"We have seen how the principles of nurture, which have been embedded in our practice, have helped children to thrive.  

"The approach ensures all of our children are ready and able to learn and to face the challenges modern society presents them with on a daily basis."

Chief executive of the Nurture Group Network, Kevin Kibble, added: “We are delighted to award Millbrook Combined School with one of the first ever National Nurturing School Award in recognition of the outstanding and inspirational work of their whole staff team in embedding nurturing principles throughout the school.

“The beneficiaries of their hard work every day are the children attending the school, their families and the wider community. Our standards to achieve this award are exacting and many congratulations are due to the staff, pupils and everyone associated."