The below press release confirms that Battle Primary School has been placed in Special Measures. Battle councillors are committed to supporting the parents and school and will be attending the forthcoming parents meeting.
New Governance at Battle Primary Vows To Drive Up Standards
31/05/2012
Reading Borough Council Press Release
The new Governors of Battle Primary School and Reading Borough Council
have vowed to continue to work closely together to drive up standards
following an Ofsted report published last week in which the school was
criticised and placed in Special Measures. This means that the school
must do considerably more to enhance the education for the children.
The report published on Thursday May 31st on the Ofsted website
deemed the school needed to be placed in Special Measures to improve
standards. It follows an inspection at the school in March this year
carried out at two days notice.
Ruth Allen, Chair of the recently constituted Interim Executive Board
(IEB) at Battle Primary, said: 'We are determined to give the children
at Battle Primary the education they deserve. The IEB has already held a
parents meeting to establish a Parents' Council and to listen to the
views of parents at the start of our journey of improved communication.
Staff meetings have been held and the views of teachers and support
staff will help to inform future planning. The School Council will be
more directly involved in identifying the needs of the children and
ensuring that the school offers exciting challenging lessons in a safe
environment.
'We are confident that with the focus this report has given us we will
see Battle Primary become a good school, a school of which the children,
parents and staff are proud. '
John Ennis, Reading Borough Council's Lead Councillor for Education and
Children's Services, said: 'This is obviously a disappointing Ofsted
report and there is a real need to urgently address the issues raised.
Reading Borough Council will of course continue to offer any support it
can to the school and together we will work towards addressing those
problems.'
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It's a shame Reading Borough Council went off on the wrong track in 2008 in not recognisingthat the had an excellent manager in the temporary head. This current round of Special Measures could undoubtedly have been avoided.
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