Welcome

I am delighted to announce that we have officially been taken out of special measures by Ofsted, who inspected the school on Tuesday 13^th and Wednesday 14^th March. The school has been improving rapidly over the last 18 months and the inspectors had no hesitation but to judge the school as 'now satisfactory and rapidly improving'. A copy of the inspection report can be viewed by clicking here. We are particularly pleased that the following three major areas identified during the Ofsted inspection in October 2010 as 'inadequate' are now judged as being 'good'.

• Quality of teaching
• Leadership and management
• Curriculum

I am very proud of all the students and staff, who have been working incredibly hard to turn the school around: it really is unrecognizable from the school it was 18 months ago. This transformation has been achieved through the efforts of the staff, parents/carers, students and governors all working together as a huge team.

The process, at heart, has always been about giving our students a school and an education which they deserve and can be proud of. This now becomes an exciting starting point for continued success and improvement. I feel both immensely proud and privileged to have led the school through such a period of rapid growth. However, it will be of no surprise to you that we are not happy with just being satisfactory. The outcome of this Ofsted inspection has provided us with valuable guidelines, which we will relentlessly focus upon to ensure we continue to move in the right direction. We will continue to further improve until we reach our aim of becoming an outstanding school.

I would like to thank all students and parents/carers for supporting our continual drive for improvement.

Stephen Brownlow

Headteacher