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Sept 2021
Woodfield school taking 'effective action' to improve, says Ofsted
Harrogate’s Woodfield Community Primary School is taking “effective action” to improve after being placed under special measures by Ofsted.
Ofsted inspectors rated the Bilton primary school as “inadequate” in January last year.
They found children were not attending school, lessons did not “follow a logical sequence” and there was no strategic plan to allocate funds for disadvantaged pupils.
Inspectors recommended that the school be put in special measures as it was “failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education” and added that those responsible for governing the school were not "demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement in the school".
When a school is placed in special measures it is given an action plan to improve and is inspected regularly by Ofsted to ensure it is improving.
However, officials now say the school is taking action to improve.
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Ofsted visited the school in June and said staff were working well with management to systemically improve.
It added that parents were positive about the school. All those who responded to an Ofsted online questionnaire would recommend the school to other parents.
Mathew Atkinson, executive headteacher at Woodfield, said:
Jo Marwood, head of school, said:
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