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An independent girls school in Sheffield has been branded inadequate after inspectors found its leaders are failing to meet standards, the Sheffield Telegraph reports.
Senior staff at Oak Tree High, in Fir Vale, have pledged to turn around the fortunes of the secondary school, which opened its doors five years ago. Standards have fallen since it was last inspected in 2012, when it was rated as good.
When inspectors from government education watchdog, Ofsted, visited in November 2016, they found the effectiveness of the school’s leadership and management was inadequate and that they were not meeting the required standards of an independent school.
They also found that safeguarding was ineffective because employees did not have access to the appropriate training for their roles and leaders did not carry out essential checks on staff in a timely manner.
But inspectors did find many positive areas at the school. They praised the quality of teaching, the ‘broad and balanced’ curriculum and the system used to monitor pupils’ progress.
Inspectors also praised the behaviour of pupils, who they found to enjoy coming to school, feel safe and make good progress in a wide range of subjects.