Let's hear it for a Sunderland school which goes above and beyond for every pupil.
We are celebrating the news with a look back at 9 great Echo archive moments from the school's history.
That includes the day a school team took part in a baseball final in 2010 and pupils finding out what it was like to be a wartime evacuee in a project from 2009.
1. A history lesson at Hasting Hill
Classroom scenes and fun on the pitch. Have a look before you share your own recollections. | se
2. A 2004 memory
These pupils were looking at the work of the Red Cross in October 2004. | se
4. Bringing gifts in 2006
The Three Wise Men were played by Nathan Greenwood, Saul Kirby and Paul Swinney in the school's Nativity in 2006. | se
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