What a time to be a student at Richard Avenue Primary School.
Staff, pupils and parents are all celebrating the latest Ofsted judgement.
Let's keep the celebrations going with a look back at some other wonderful moments at the school, all preserved in the Sunderland Echo archives.
Re-live the days of hopscotch, Christmas plays, puzzles and shoebox collections.
1. Wonderfully retro at Richard Avenue
We've got 20 years of archive scenes from the Sunderland school. | se
2. A fairy tale from 2003
They all had starring roles in The Bossy Fairy - the school's Christmas play 20 years ago. | se
3. A touch of tradition
Hopscotch was the lesson of the day for these pupils in 2005. | se
4. Boxing clever in 2006
Samin Akhtar, Meghan Peacock and Owen Cullen have every right to look pleased with their efforts for the Shoebox Collection Appeal in 2006. | se
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