Calday Grange Grammar School
EDUCATION inspectorate Ofsted is to investigate claims “broken governance” is hitting standards at a prestigious Merseyside school.
The Daily Post can reveal the schools watchdog has agreed to launch a review of concerns raised by aggrieved parents of pupils at West Kirby’s Calday Grange Grammar School.
It could see the school undergo a fresh government inspection.
The government intervention comes days after parents staged a protest demanding governors resign over the way they are running the school and the year-long suspension of seriously ill headteacher Andrew Hall, who suffered heart failure in April.
Parents have criticised the governing body for a lack of information regarding Mr Hall’s absence and its intention to dissolve the school’s trust status which saw it enlist Liverpool University, Unilever and Maestro Services Ltd to formally contribute to the running of the school.
Now Ofsted has agreed to formally launch a review into concerns raised in joint letters sent to the watchdog by concerned parents who have told the Government there is “significant concern among the parent body about the future of the school”.
As well as Mr Hall’s absence and the trust status, the letter highlights a perceived “disregard” governors have to complaints and fears the school’s governance is behind a slight annual dip in results.