Endeavour High School in special measures again
A flagship city school has slipped into special measures for the second time in just over five years, the Mail can reveal.
Endeavour High School, in Beverley Road, was recently visited by Ofsted inspectors, who have concluded it is making inadequate progress in raising achievement and standards.
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Endeavour High School
The report is yet to be published but the Mail understands staff at the school and the local education authority dispute the findings.
Although they said they could not comment until the report is made public, it is understood they will appeal the decision.
Ofsted places schools in special measures when it considers they fail to supply an acceptable level of education and appear to lack the leadership necessary to improve.
Endeavour will now be given an action plan by inspectors and the school will face more monitoring visits.
A source close to the school said it was "peculiar" inspectors had come to the conclusion it should be placed special measures, especially in light of an Ofsted monitoring report in November which highlighted highly "innovative" practices put in place to demonstrate progress.
The source, who refused to be named, said the report also contains conflicting evidence.
They said: "It is not a report of a school in special measures, it is incredibly positive about a number of things such as the care, guidance and support given to pupils and the curriculum.
"No teaching was judged unsatisfactory, yet teaching and learning was inadequate.
"The report says the school has a safe environment, behaviour is satisfactory and bullying is not regarded as an issue.
"But overall, the school has been found to be inadequate on progress.
"What the school has not been given is the opportunity to take into account the results at Key Stage Three and GCSE, which will be public knowledge in two month's time.
Endeavour was made the subject of a notice to improve in March last year.
Inspectors asked the school at the time to improve achievement and raise standards, including attendance and students' rate of progress.
Inspectors then made a monitoring visit in November and said it was making satisfactory progress and praised systems in place for making that progress.
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by James, Hull
Friday, July 03 2009, 10:05PM
“I would like to conclude that Endeavour CAN produce decent, hard-working human beings. I left last summer with 14 GCSE's A* - C and now I am an apprentice acountant. Endeavour is a great school, with great staff and great measures in place but you cannot change some pupils who go there!!!! If a child is brought up with respect and motivation they will succeed anywhere!!”
by Nikita, Hull
Friday, July 03 2009, 11:04AM
“I'll stick up for my school bacause i like that school and it give's my education.
It don't matter how bad it is,all its matter how it teachs.”
by Nikita, Hull
Friday, July 03 2009, 11:03AM
“Im sticking for this school because it give my education...
It don't matter how bad it is,all its matter how good it teach.”
by Peter, enjoying retirement.
Thursday, July 02 2009, 8:40PM
“Second round of apologies - of not if,
(I should have gone to Spec****rs”
by Peter, enjoying retirement.
Thursday, July 02 2009, 8:29PM
“Apologies before someone picks it up - that should have read "study, not stury"!!!!”
by Peter, enjoying retirement.
Thursday, July 02 2009, 8:28PM
“As I said earlier in the day, it is not the fault of the teaching staff, nor the majority if the pupils ,not even the Senior Management . It is however all down to the minority of pupils who don't want to stury, won't learn and will not respect any form of authority. So ............. move them out!!”
by Paddy, still checking.
Thursday, July 02 2009, 8:22PM
“As someone pointed out earlier Andrew .... children/pupils or students please - not kids!!
(by the way - I'm not clever enough to be a bully!!!)”
by andrew, Hull
Thursday, July 02 2009, 8:09PM
“Difference is Paddy, I am not pretending to be an expert! Nor am I being critical of school kids and their lack of grammar. Bullies.”
by Crystal, Hull
Thursday, July 02 2009, 8:07PM
“Can't we just give all the grammar puns up now? At the end of the day it was a pupil sticking up and showing interest in the welfare of her school. If grammar i taught at primary school it isn't Endeavours fault, is it?
I am sticking to my guns despite all the bad media that the school is given. It is a good school in my opinion anyway.
Endeavour does teach respect, its one of the school motto's but its upto the pupils to take the information in.”
by Steve, HullAR
Thursday, July 02 2009, 8:05PM
“Here's a thought worth considering. If a school is described as failing by the Ofsted inspectors, then the inspectors should have to stay at the school for a month to demonstrate to the teachers how it should be done. I'm sure the teachers would be enthralled with the superb class control, stimulating discourse, meeting all objectives in perfect time and of course, one look from the master teacher would handle any discipline problem.
However, it will never happen, because people who have spent a lifetime avoiding children and the classroom always assess teachers and schools. Ofsted should be scrapped as they, along with the government, are bringing education in this country to its knees.
I feel sorry for Endeavour. The so-called experts should get off their backs and they should be allowed to teach without continual interference. Hear the government or preceding governments and you would think there is only one way to teach and yet they and their so-called experts know nothing of communicating with children.
For instance Alan Johnson was Secretary of State for Education, then Health and is now Home Secretary. Such trends say it all and explain why we never get anywhere in this failing country. This isn't a snipe at Alan, he's as good as any and there have been many similar paths such as Ken Clark - wow.
True experts are thin on the ground but there are legions who profess they are.
No, I'm not a teacher but I'm pleased to have been educated before governments, with all their failings, became too involved and setting more targets than Robin Hood could cope with. It's about time teachers were allowed to handle education.”