Longlands Primary School responds to critical Ofsted report
Staff and governors at Longlands Primary School in Market Drayton are working with Shropshire Council after it was put in special measures following an Ofsted report.
The inspection, which took place in February, judged that whilst pupils feel safe at the school, and teaching in the reception class is consistently good, the school requires special measures as the achievement of pupils, quality of teaching and leadership and management are judged to be inadequate, and the behaviour and safety of pupils requires improvement.
School leaders say they have taken immediate action and are working very closely with education advisers from Shropshire Council to ensure that the measures needed to bring about the improvements are put in place.
Government inspectors will return at regular intervals to check on the progress the school is making and that improvements are happening at the pace required.
Kim Stokes and Marie Manton, headteachers at Longlands Primary School, said:
“We are already working on the issues raised by the inspector. An action plan is in place to take the school forward, focused on the key priorities. Staff and governors are fully committed to securing further improvements and we are already making progress.”
