School is taken out of special measures

However bosses at North Yorkshire County Council are pressing ahead with plans to merge Brayton Junior School, near Selby, with a neighbouring school.

Earlier this year the local authority launched a consultation with parents and staff over the plans to create a single primary school in Brayton.

It would see Brayton Junior School close and the neighbouring Brayton Infant School expanded.

The authority wants the schools merger to go ahead from September.

Brayton Junior School was placed in special measures by Ofsted in November 2011.

Traditionally schools are given two years to improve but now Ofsted inspectors have stated that the school no longer needs to be monitored as attainment is rising quickly.

Among the praise in the Ofsted statement it was said that it is “increasingly typical” and that all teachers are demonstrating that they can teach well.

Pete Dwyer, North Yorkshire’s corporate director for the children and young people’s service said yesterday: “We are delighted that Brayton Juniors has come out of special measures ahead of schedule.”

The county council has recently taken steps to form a single four to 11 primary school in Brayton.

Under the new proposals a single primary school will be created by the enlargement and change of age range of Brayton Infants, which will retain its Church of England ethos, to enable the creation of a single four to 11 primary school from September 2013.

Nick Parker, Brayton Junior’s Chair of Governors said: “We can now look forward to the future amalgamation of the infant and junior schools with the knowledge that we are on a sure and steady path.”