Inspections
After an inspection in January 2009 by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), the school was placed in special measures. Special Measures is the term applied following an Ofsted inspection when a school is failing to provide an acceptable standard of education and those in charge are not demonstrating the capacity to secure the improvements needed in the school.
According to the Ofsted report published on 12 June 2009 it was given an overall grade of 4 out of grades 1 - 4. In 2008, Year 11 students' inadequate progress from their starting points in Year 7 resulted in below average standards in GCSE examinations. In a significant number of examination courses, students' progress was below expectation although students made satisfactory progress in music, religious education and geography, and that Underachievement results from inadequate teaching and poor leadership and management. Standards have fallen since the previous inspection and many students are making inadequate progress as they move up through the school. Students enter the school with standards which are average. The report continues by stating that the sixth form provision is satisfactory (Grade 3). and its standards have been at the national average for a period of years. Achievement of the 6th form has also been satisfactory since the previous inspection, while in some of its Advanced level 2 subjects, achievement has been good.
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