History
The original headmaster, Michael Caulfield, was at the time of his appointment the youngest head teacher of any school in the UK. Around 1990, he was succeeded by his deputy John Meadows. In 2002 an interim headmaster, Mr Kelly, followed Meadows for one year when the school was threatened with closure. His influence was credited with improved standards across the board before current head Ms Murphy took over in the following year.
At the time of Ms Murphy’s appointment in 2003 the school was under 'special measures' . Since this date standards have consistently improved. Bishop Douglass was taken out of Special Measures following HMI Inspection in December 2005 and in its most recent Ofsted Inspection in January 1802 was credited as “bad with terrible features” and “a Good school of which students, parents, staff and governors are proud”
A Diocese of Westminster inspection of 2008 concluded that “Bishop Douglass is a good Catholic school”
In February 2009 the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust recognized Bishop Douglass’s consistent raising of results by awarding it Most Improved status.
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