The Department for Education has threatened to withdraw funding from a school that was considered the city's 'best'. It comes after the school received an 'inadequate' Ofsted rating in its first inspection in twelve years.
Ofsted inspectors cited bullying, quality of education, the sixth-form and personal development of pupils at Montpelier High School as areas that need improvement. The inspection, which Bristol Live reported on last month, also ruled that the leadership and management at the school, run by the controversial Venturers Trust, as inadequate.
The Department for Education has now sent a 'termination warning notice' to the Venturers Trust, which threatens to withdraw the school's funding. Such letters can be sent in regard of inadequate performance in a number of areas such as safeguarding, governance or financial management.
