Shrewsbury school 'has failed to improve fast enough'
A school in Shrewsbury which was told by inspectors that it must improve has not tackled the problem, says Ofsted.
The Grange School in Harlescott was told by Ofsted inspectors in March last year that it had fallen below acceptable standards.
The 280-pupil school was visited again in November.
But according to inspector Denah Jones, senior leaders and governors had not taken effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement.
She said they need to act urgently to make sure that all teachers assess work accurately. She also recommended that the school action plan, which was found not to be fit for purpose, should be improved so that leaders, including governors, can check to see if the school is improving quickly enough.
The school is set to merge with Sundorne School to become Shrewsbury Academy.
From September 2016 all Year 7 pupils will start their education at the expanded Sundorne School site while current Grange students continue their education at their current location in Harlescott.
Eventually, Shrewsbury Academy will be housed in one brand new, purpose-built 'super school'.
No details of the site for the planned academy have yet been revealed.
Ms Jones met with Geoff Pettengell, executive principal of the Shrewsbury Academies Trust, on her visit to the Grange.
Her main findings were outcomes have not improved quickly enough for the school to be judged 'good' at its next inspection.
She said: "Inaccurate indications of pupils' outcomes were provided to the inspectors at the time of the last inspection. The school is likely to fall below the floor standard as fewer than 40 per cent of pupils attained five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C.
"Only about half of Year 11 made the progress they should have in English and maths, which is much lower than the national average."
But she added: "Information provided by the school, on likely outcomes for pupils in the current year 11, indicates that attainment and progress is improving."
However, she also found: "In mathematics, many Year 7 pupils are not being taught at the right level based on their ability. Teachers' planning does not match work to the learning needs of pupils. Judgements made by school leaders on the quality of teaching and learning are over-generous and they do not take sufficient account of the progress made by pupils."
No-one was available from The Grange School for comment.
