Leaders at a school that for years was considered the best in Bristol have apologised again after an Ofsted inspector said they were still not doing enough to address its ‘serious weaknesses’. The leadership team at Montpelier High School has been told by Ofsted inspectors it remains inadequate and continues to have ‘serious weaknesses’, with the school having made ‘insufficient progress’ to improve things.
Parents at the girls’ school, which is run by the Venturers’ Trust, have been told Ofsted inspectors and Bristol City Council’s own safeguarding team have been back inspecting the school in the months following last year’s shock Ofsted inspection which found the school to be inadequate. The girls’ school is run by the Venturers Trust - which is sponsored by the Society of Merchant Venturers and the University of Bristol.
Throughout the 2010s, after it switched from a fee-paying girls’ school to a state-funded academy, it had been considered the best school in Bristol for years, thanks to its reputation, its status as the most over-subscribed school in the city and an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted inspection some 12 years ago.
