Another Huddersfield high school has fallen foul of Government inspectors.

Progress in English and maths at Newsome High School and Sports College is too slow.

The proportion of students failing to hit national standards in the two subjects has risen over the last two years.

These comments were made by Ofsted, which has just downgraded the 600-pupil secondary school from 2-Good to 3-Requires Improvement following its recent inspection.

The school welcomed the report and said it was a “hiccup” in their plans.

The report stated:

The progress made by students, especially in English and mathematics, is slower than the progress of most students nationally.

Teaching is not yet consistently good, especially in English and mathematics, so a minority of students, particularly the most able and those who learn more slowly, do not make the progress of which they are capable.

Teachers do not always question students carefully enough so that they have to think hard and explain their views and their understanding in detail.

The behaviour of a very small minority of students in some lessons prevents them and others from learning, so time is wasted and learning slows.

Leaders, managers and governors have not measured the progress of the school closely enough against current standards in schools nationally, and have only recently taken steps to improve the consistency of progress and teaching.

Governors in the past have not been fully aware of what improvements need to take place in the school.

However, inspectors also highlighted several strengths of the school. They said that disadvantaged pupils and those with special needs do well, boys’ progress has improved, students behave well around the school and they feel safe and exceptionally well supported.

Newsome head Paul Gittins said: “We accept the judgement made by the team as they identified issues that we were already planning to address.

“This report allows us to sharply focus on these specific development areas. The lead inspector was absolutely clear that she was confident the school is in a very strong position to swiftly address these developments and return to a good grading within the year.

“This is a hiccup in our journey of improvement over the last five years and we continue to strive to be the best we can for all our students benefit”

Four Ofsted inspectors observed 33 full or part lessons taught by 32 teachers. They met with student groups, school leaders, governors and Kirklees’ representatives. There were insufficient responses to the online questionnaire (Parent View) for the inspectors to review.

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