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Ofsted Only one school left with inadequate rating amid takeovers
Bristol Post
|August 11, 2025
THERE is one school left in Bristol with the lowest Ofsted rating.
Willow Park Church of England Primary School, just off St Michael's Hill, in the city centre, received the “Inadequate” rating in an inspection carried out by the education watchdog in March 2024.
In a followup inspection in January this year, inspectors praised interim headteacher Ruth Laing for making improvements but said more work needed to be done for the school to be removed from special measures provisions triggered by the earlier report.
“Leaders have made progress to improve the school, but more work is necessary for the school to no longer be judged as requiring special measures,’ the report said.
This story is from the August 11, 2025 edition of Bristol Post.
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