A high school has been downgraded from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’ after a snap inspection found many pupils ‘do not feel safe’ and discriminatory language is part of ‘everyday life’.
Denton Community College in Tameside was subject to a snap Ofsted inspection after the education watchdog received a complaint that raised ‘serious concerns’ about issues across the school. The Taylor Lane school was rated ‘good’ in November 2021 but the visit in December found it to be failing in every area, and it has now been placed in special measures.
The responsible local authority – Tameside council – said plans were already in place to improve standards, and the school, which has 1,378 pupils on its roll, would now become a sponsored academy. The damning report, published this month, states that a ‘considerable number of pupils’ told inspectors that they do not feel safe at Denton Community College.
