Yet another Isle of Wight school has been placed into special measures by Ofsted following a recent inspection, it has been revealed.
Barton Primary School in Newport has now pledged to act ‘quickly and decisively’ to improve their standards after the education regulator imposed the now-common status on the Pan Estate school, which teaches children aged 3-11 years old.
An inspection was carried out towards the end of May.
Headteacher Mark Snow, who took up post in April this year, said work had already begun on an action plan to bring about improvement and a recruitment campaign was about to be launched to bring more high quality teachers to the school.
Mr Snow said:
“The Ofsted judgement was clearly a disappointment to all those involved with the school. But what we must do now is to act swiftly and decisively to bring about the improvement that is required.
“We have seen on the Island that schools can be turned around quickly if everyone works together: this is what we must do at Barton.”
Richard Priest, Isle of Wight Council cabinet member for children’s services, said the local authority, highlighted by Ofsted as not challenging the school effectively enough, would work closely with Barton to help the school improve.
“We have seen with the recent success of Gatten and Lake Primary School that went from special measures to good in 17 months that improvement can be rapid if everyone works together.
“As a local authority we now have the additional expertise and resources of Hampshire County Council whose positive contribution has already been noted in other aspects of school improvement. We must provide all the support and challenge required to help the school out of special measures as soon as possible.”
