THE reasons behind the decision to take a Forest school out of special measures have been made public.

It was announced a fortnight ago that Wyedean School in Sedbury had been lifted out of special measures and the Ofsted report on which it was based has now published.

The judgement on the school has gone from inadequate some 12 months ago to good now.

The overall grading is two – compared with four previously – as is leadership and management, pupil behaviour and safety, quality of teaching, student achievement and sixth form provision.

Copies of the report were sent to parents by headteacher Mr Clive Pemberton and a parents' meeting to discuss it will be held next Wednesday (December 3).

Inspectors said the standard of achievement, particularly in English – which had been a key reason for placing the school in special measures – is rising quickly.

Other reasons for declaring Wyedean a good school included the rapid pace of improvement across the school brought about by Mr Pemberton and his senior team, the good progress made by pupils and the standard of teaching.

The inspectors said pupils were proud of their school and behave well inside and outside school.

Students' achievement, the quality of teaching and the leadership and management of the sixth form are all good.

Mr Pemberton said: "I pledged to our parents a year ago that the school would improve, and improve quickly.

"We have done this, and our students in Year 11 achieved our best ever examination results last summer.

"Our Sixth Form results improved too, and the quality of teaching also developed significantly over the course of the year.

"We are once again officially a "good" school, which is something we have always believed, but which we have had to prove consistently over the last year."