STAFF and children at a second Huddersfield school were today celebrating the news that they had been taken out of special measures.
The decision was taken by an Her Majesty's Inspectorate team yesterday at the end of a two-day inspection at the Bradley C of E Junior School during which they observed 22 lessons and decided 14 were satisfactory and eight were good.
In June 2002 the school was found to have "serious weaknesses" and in January 2003 it was put into "special measures" because literacy, numeracy and science and behaviour were below the national standard.
But yesterday the inspectors decided that under the leadership of headteacher Adele Stringer, who was only appointed 19 months ago, the 200-pupil school had undergone a "complete transformation."
Mrs Stringer aid: "Everyone has worked tremendously hard to turn the school round. I have had tremendous support from my staff of dedicated teachers who have given me 100%.
"I must also thank the Kirklees Education and the school governors for their wonderful support in helping to make this a happy school where the children are keen to learn."
The school's Governing body today paid tribute to Mrs Stringer and her staff. Vice-Chairman Canon David Ward said: "The inspectors were very impressed with the way the school had improved in such a short time and they were also impressed that 89% of the pupils were now taking part in extra curricular activities.
" The fact that the school is now ordered and well-run is down to the strong leadership shown by Mrs Stranger and the total commitment of her staff."
