THE Downs School, Colwall, has just passed a new examination with flying colours.

The school's boarding provision was scrutinised by the Commission for Social Care Inspection. It met all 54 criteria in full and exceeded 20 of them.

Unusually, the inspectors could make no recommendations for improvement.

Head Alastair Ramsay said he was delighted with the report.

It is the third time in six months the school had been inspected against national standards and had met or exceeded them.