Inside a primary school which has been on a journey of improvement and teaches pupils 'learning without limits'
'Learning without limits' is the motto at a Black Country primary school which hopes to "spark" the potential in all of its pupils.
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Jamie Barry, headteacher at Yew Tree Primary School in Yew Tree on the border between Walsall and Sandwell, said the school aims to "unlock the potential" inside each of the 650 children who attend there.
It strives to achieve this by offering youngsters opportunities outside the four walls of a classroom - including at its onsite farm.
Here, children regularly visit to feed the chickens and ducks or cuddle one of the rabbits or guinea pigs, while green-thumbed pupils can make use of the school's allotment to plant herbs or potatoes.
Mr Barry said: "We try and do so much for the children to make sure, whatever their potential is, that something is sparked inside them.
"We know we have Sandwell Valley down the road, we know we have parks in the area and free swimming, but actually some of our children won't have the opportunity to do those things because their parents are working or don't have transport - but we don't leave it to chance, we make sure there is no opportunity to miss it.
"Every year we bring a professional theatre company to school and the farm is here because we know it's not just the experience of handling animals but what they get from that - learning compassion and how to look after something more vulnerable than they are."
