YOU can take a trip round the world in a day at a remarkable Bolton school.

For pupils at Brandwood County Primary in Daubhill, Bolton, can speak 19 different languages namely - English, Kurdish, Bengali, Farsi (Persian), Filipino, Asholey, Gujarati, Albanian, Somali, Punjabi, French, Czech, German, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu.

Sixty nine per cent of the 450 pupils have English as a second language and 21 per cent are new to the country, with some from refugee and asylum seeker families.

Yet pupils and staff have proved that different cultures are no barrier to doing better. The school is in the top five per cent most improved in the country.

The Department of Education and Skills says last year's test results show 75 per cent of pupils achieved the required level in English, 83 in maths and 85 in science. It means pupils scored higher than the national and local authority average.

Head Rosemary Jones said: "Children here are very accepting and do learn a lot from each other. Shyness is a stumbling block at first and many children have seen terrible things in their countries. But we give them time and let them go at their own speeds."