school in Special Measures

LunaLady

pinkshoes wrote: »

Being in special measures means it's probably a good school to be in, as it's about to get lots of extra attention to bring it up to scratch!

I wouldn't worry about it.

I have to agree. The whole school will be under a microscope and things will be forced to change for the better. Its the best thing that can happen for a lot of schools.

delain

Filey wrote: »

Many thanks to all those who replied. Lots of helpful info there.

However yesterday I spoke to the head of year and it turns out to be just a rumour, but in the light of what posters have said it might have been a good thing if it had gone into SM as looking at the league tables it has one of the lowest GCSE achievement records in the area.

He said (I think) that under the Govt regulations if a school gets 3 consecutive 'satisfactory' reports it will be put under SM, and they have already had 2!

So we are still considering whether to change schools. Decisions, decisions. (sigh)

If she's happy and doing OK in her grades it'd probably do her more harm than good to move her... The social stresses involved in a school move can be huge.