'Failing' Kingswood College in special measures
A SECONDARY school has been accused of failing its pupils in a new report.
Kingswood College of Arts has been put in special measures by Ofsted after inspectors saw inadequate teaching and poor pupil behaviour.
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'Poor pupil behaviour': Kingswood College of Arts has been criticised by Ofsted.
The report comes just weeks after the school posted record GCSE results.
This year, 45 per cent of pupils gained the Government benchmark of five A* to C grades including English and maths – a 14 percentage point rise from last year.
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It puts the school comfortably above the Government floor target of 40 per cent.
However, it was not enough to keep the Wawne Road School in Bransholme out of the failing category.
Inspectors said:
Students' behaviour, combined with the poor attitudes to learning of some, is a significant cause for concern and is inadequate.
There is not enough good teaching to ensure students make the progress of which they are capable.
Since the previous inspection, improvements have not been made in the key subjects of English and maths.
Low standards of attainment prevail and underachievement is evident throughout all year groups.
Too much teaching is inadequate.
Head Nicole Swallow retired in the summer after more than ten years at the school.
Paul O'Brien, a vastly experienced head, who has experience in turning failing schools around, will now take control as executive head.
Mr O'Brien has come from Sir Henry Cooper School, which closed this summer under the Building Schools for the Future initiative.
During his year as executive head, he steered the school to its best ever GCSE results this summer.
He said: "The staff are disappointed with the outcome but are determined and committed to move the school forward.
"I will continue to work closely with the governors, the council and Academies Enterprise Trust to ensure the required improvements take place as soon as possible.
"We will work hard to provide the best standard of education for children as they are our future."
Pupils will move into a new school next to the current Kingswood College of Arts in January.
The £25 million building has been constructed under the Building Schools for the Future initiative.
At the same time it will become an academy.
John Readman, director of children's services at Hull City Council, said: "Kingswood has had a lot of challenges but has ended the year with its best GCSE results ever, which is a real platform for improvement.
"There is a strong governing body who are working towards conversion to an academy and the school has the interim head of Paul O'Brien.
"He will give stability during this period and help with the opening of the new school in January."
Comments
by emilypaton
Friday, September 21 2012, 6:44PM
“Themagician76 I would have to agree about the pupils and that about the 13 year old doesn't surprise me whatsoever. I also agree that few (the minority) of the children from Bransholme area have been neglected to a certain extent, I did not always live on Bransholme but moved there just before starting year 7 and left the area after finishing year 11. I suppose we were fortunate that we didn't have to spend our full lives on the estate and am now glad that we moved there after being 'toilet trained' and then got off there when we did. Most people who live on Bransholme seem to just be stuck in a rut... Once your on there, it is extremely hard to get back off.”
by Themagician76
Friday, September 21 2012, 4:05PM
“I also went to that school 1988-1992 when it truly was awful and the staff couldn't care less. At least half the staff care now which is an improvement. You are right that there are pariah teachers there who should not be employed in the profession (I would love to name them but the comment will be removed) - but do you ask yourself why?
You sound like you had the right attitude at school but the reason there isn't a full cohort of qualified teachers is because pupil behaviour is so appalling, feral actually, that no-one wants to work there.
I have worked there too, and to find that some 13 year olds had not yet been toilet trained was an horrific realisation in itself. Growing up on ransholme, you can't really see with an adult's eyes but when you're older you realise that massive neglect and abuse of these kids by their own parents is what causes horrendous behaviour and who wants to train for 5 years among artistic and intelllectual people so you can work somewhere like that?”
by emilypaton
Friday, September 21 2012, 12:06PM
“I went to Kingswood College of Arts from 2004 - 2009. I would have to agree that some of the pupils behavior has always been pretty poor but what about the people who are there willing to learn, such as myself and we were never recognised. Even tho we wanted to learn, it was pretty hard as we had Maths teachers teaching Physical Education and English teachers teaching science. Many of the teachers where not qualified in teaching there subjects hence why they were all forced to leave at the end of the last term. I was fortunate to pass all of my GCSE's and BTEC's but this was because I chose to concentrate on the important subjects and not ones such as PE and RE as things like this were not going to get me anywhere in life. I also chose to stay after school to do extra learning with fully qualified teachers which really helped me.
This school will never change due to its high number of under qualified staff and staff who do not give a toss. don't blame it all on the kids when the 'teachers' are no better!”
by Ispy2
Friday, September 21 2012, 12:51AM
“I wonder if the large numbers of dwp spy workers on the estate send their children to the school.
The dwp occupy large numbers of properties on the estate depriving people not on civil service
salaries and pension s of a decent home.
Dwp cars on every corner, missing wheel trims, roof bars and boxes, fake taxis, trade vans. At night, numerouse cars across the city's social housing areas with one headlight out or rear light.
It's illegal to interfere with your cars lights so as to let your mates know who you are.
It's time to move the dwp spy's on, you may have such a house next door, complain to our councillor and mp. This dwp is illegal unethical and at expense of the homeless..move on.”
by horbaczewski
Friday, September 21 2012, 12:08AM
“You can't educate pork.”
by Prescotts_Cat
Thursday, September 20 2012, 5:36PM
“Time for another £50 million super school.”
by Themagician76
Thursday, September 20 2012, 1:31PM
“The school recorded record results this year - well done! This school has been hounded for years by OFSTED while weaker schools in the city and country are left unnoticed - it is political.
So the staff and student morale will have been boosted by the record achievement only to have that dashed by OFSTED - with a retiring head and incoming acting head what an awful decision that is not at all conducive to education.”
by work4aliving
Thursday, September 20 2012, 12:48PM
“no surprise there then.”
by facedontfit
Thursday, September 20 2012, 12:43PM
“Getting really fed up of HDM deleting my perfectly acceptable comments!”
by facedontfit
Thursday, September 20 2012, 12:42PM
“Let's try this again - you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink.”