Mountjoy School, Beaminster is celebrating after receiving different awards during the latest lockdown period. In February, Mountjoy became the first special school in the South West to be granted the UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award. The gold award is the highest level and is granted to schools that organisers believe have fully embedded the principles of the UN Convention on the rights of the child into their ethos and curriculum. The accreditation is then valid for three years. During a Rights Respecting School accreditation meeting in February, pupils were very enthusiastic talking about their rights, to the accreditors, for example the right to have a voice and be listened to and the right to an education. They spoke about fundraising activities, to enable others to enjoy their rights.