Ofsted report finds that quality of teaching at the Burns Road school is 'better than it has been for some considerable time'
An academy has been told it is continuing to make “reasonable” progress towards the removal of special measures.
Eston Park Academy has been told it has made progress since it was deemed to be failing its pupils in July last year.
The latest development comes after a monitoring inspection by education watchdog Ofsted.
The Burns Road school vowed to turn things around after the education watchdog found it was not giving pupils an acceptable standard of education following a routine visit in May 2013.
Its then headteacher Duncan Haig then resigned, the Gazette reported in June last year.
At an Ofsted inspection in November 2009 - before it had converted into an academy - Ofsted ranked Eston Park as “good”.
The academy is merging with nearby Gillbrook College - which itself is said to require "significant improvement" - in September this year.
Eston Park has since undergone three monitoring inspections.
During the most recent in April, it was found that the “momentum of improvement in the quality of teaching has been sustained” and that the performance of students is improving.
“From the outset the priority has been to raise standards of teaching and learning and it is clear that the quality of teaching is better than it has been for some considerable time.
“Although much still remains to be accomplished,” the latest report read.
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