A primary school in East Manchester which was deemed 'Outstanding' when it was last inspected by Ofsted has been downgraded to 'Inadequate'. St Francis RC Primary School in Gorton got top results when it was inspected in 2009.
However, the school in Ellenbrook Close was exempted by law from routine inspection due to its high score, leaving a longer-than-usual gap between inspections. In 2015, Ofsted visited the school in response to a decline in standards, but it did not carry out a full inspection until March of this year.
Inspectors criticised the school's curriculum, describing it as 'poorly designed' and 'weakly implemented'. Pupils do not gain the knowledge that they need to be successful, according to the Ofsted report which was published last week.
