Latest news in Yorkshire: July 31, 2017 12:27:03 PM
A new sponsor has been chosen for Wath Comprehensive School following it being put into special measures earlier this year.
The Regional Schools’ Commissioner has selected Maltby Learning Trust to sponsor the school as it goes through the process of becoming an academy in the next academic year.
The school went into special measures following an Inadequate Ofsted rating In June.
Under statutory rules from the Department for Education (DfE), any local authority maintained school automatically has to become an academy following an Inadequate Ofsted rating.
Maltby Learning Trust will be the proposed sponsor of the school from September. The RSC is in the process of formally consulting with The Wath Learning Community Co-operative Trust on this matter.
Head teacher Jon Taylor said: “The school has made progress this term following on from the report. We are now looking forward to working with Maltby Learning Trust to implement further changes in the next academic year to continue the improvement journey we are on.”
Maltby Learning Trust Chief Executive Officer David Sutton added the Trust is built on the success of Maltby Academy, which has a track record of rapid school improvement and securing strong outcomes for all learners. He said: “The Trust is committed to lifelong learning and seeks to provide excellence in teaching through high expectations and a return to traditional values and standards.
“We are committed to providing outstanding provision for families, firmly rooted in the context of the local community. Leaders and Trustees from Maltby are looking forward to working with colleagues in the Wath learning community to bring about the necessary improvements and we are excited by the opportunities presented with this new collaborative arrangement.”
He added the Trust also has an excellent working relationship with Rotherham Council, which has been working with the school to ensure a statement of action was put in place following the Ofsted report. It is a statutory obligation that this is done within 10 days of the report being published.
Over the last few weeks, as a result of this statement of action, leaders and Governors in the school have been working closely with a number of nationally recognised Leaders of Education and Governance and officers from the Council to shape a robust action plan for improvement.
Ian Thomas, Rotherham Council’s Strategic Director for Children and Young People’s Services said: “A lot of improvements have been put in place at Wath Comprehensive School since the Ofsted rating was announced and we look forward to building on our relationship with the new sponsor, Maltby Learning Trust, in their future work to improve the school.”
This sponsorship arrangement may take a number of months to complete but in the meantime Mr Sutton and other Executive Leaders from the Trust will be working in the school from September.
- Spot checks on Rotherham taxi drivers
- Motorists urged to check vehicle doors are secure
- Mental health issues are better recognised in Rotherham
- Thornhill Place 1991
- Bid to trace owners of suspected stolen watches
- Funding success to help Rotherham Council build stronger communities
- Man charged with murder following Hillsborough stabbing
- The mathematics behind ceramic designs
- Council rolls out more safety measures for schools
- West Melton In South Yorkshire
- Bogus builders jailed for deceiving 89-year-old woman
- New drug could reduce risk of heart disease and diabetes
- MEDITATION RELAXING IN WATH
- Mexborough Charles Smith
- Mexborough shops devastating arson attack
- Dog walker assaulted in Barnsley – did you see what happened?
- Did NASA ever go to the moon?
- Wath Brewers Whitworth Son and Nephew
- £20k drugs haul lands Doncaster man behind bars for six years
- Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright – No further action taken
- How to spot the signs of modern slavery
- Murder of 31-year-old man in Sheffield
- Russia sends ‘squadrons’ of nuclear-capable bombers to Crimea in response to U.S. missile shield in Romania
- Barnsley Sixth Form College celebrates 99% pass rate
- BAD CASE OF INCENDIARISM
- Fifth of care homes ‘inadequate’ or ‘need improvement’
- Did you witness this collision in Rotherham
- Rare book relating to pit ponies
- HGV crashes into house in Barnsley
- Rotherham teacher found dead at home
- Burman Road in Wath-upon-Dearne
- Aggravated burglary in Sheffield
- Chance to share memories of Barry
- RTPI president visits Rotherham planners
- Body found confirmed to be Alena Grlakova
- Council to consult on budget proposals as pressures continue to grow
- Did you witness Dearne Valley Parkway collision?
- New Computer Is World Champion
- Students across Rotherham celebrate GCSE success
- Charity’s plea to rescue centres