OFSTED has branded progress on improvements at a Dunstable upper school, placed in special measures in a bombshell move late last year, as “inadequate”.
Head Nigel Hill said feedback indicated that Queensbury’s position was “not untypical” of schools undergoing their first Ofsted monitoring visits.
“It is disappointing, nevertheless,” he said. “We really have made radical changes.”
Mr Hill added: “It is too soon yet to see any measure of progress. We are confident the exam results this summer will demonstrate that progress.”
Queensbury went into special measures in a shock move after inspectors rated its overall effectiveness as “inadequate”.
At that time, Mr Hill said this was “a harsh judgement” and that latest headline figures showed the number of pupils gaining five or more A*-C GCSE grades put the school above the national average.
In February, Ofsted carried out its first monitoring inspection since Queensbury went into special measures, and the inspectors’ report has now been published.
That inspection did not include the sixth form, which had been judged satisfactory.
Queensbury aims to be running as an academy from September, sponsored by the CfBT Schools Trust.
For the full story, see the March 28 edition of the Dunstable Gazette.
