Having already made links with Madrid and Romania they have now have secured a new link with Pakistan through the Connecting Classrooms Central South East Asia facilitated by the British Council.

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Headteacher, Margaret Beesley, told Beeston Today: "As we serve a diverse multi-cultural community in Beeston, we feel that this is very pro-active and positive move for our school and will greatly benefit parents, staff and children by celebrating our customs, our beliefs and working together on an innovative project - which is yet to be decided."

Oftsed inspectors noted on September 2008 that Hugh Gaitskell Primary School was providing a satisfactory and rapidly improving standard of education.

Ms Beesley added: "Our contribution to community cohesion was judged as good with effective links made with other countries enabling the pupils to have a greater understanding of the world around them"