Ruth makes the grade as top teacher

WHILE secondary school teachers throughout the country sweat anxiously over the fate of their Junior and Leaving Cert students, primary school teachers had a very different set of results on their mind yesterday.

Teachers were hoping to make the grade and be chosen as the McDonald's Primary School Teacher of the Year.

In the end, it was full marks to Ruth Sloan, who teaches senior infants at St Andrew's National School in Malahide, Co Dublin.