Inadequate secondary school

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Hi
looking for some advice - DC has just been allocated an ofsted inadequate rated school. Done my own research too - been in special measures for years - then had an academy order - transferred to academy but now 4 yrs later still inadequate with serious weaknesses - failing to provide failing its pupils with an acceptable standard of education, not showing the capacity to make the improvements needed, inaqequate teaching and leadership and no control of disruptive pupils - now has termination order DofE claiming can force it to go with another academy.

theybare advertising for teachers in every discipline - but no teachers want to come there.

Attains well below average in GCSEs with only 14% of children attaining A-C in english maths and science.

it wasnt an option, and i will be appealing - but what are your thoughts? Has anyone sent their child to such a school?

i would love for the school to turn itself round - but with no staff and disruptive children - not quite sure how this will happen.

thanks in advance.

Of the 600 applicants for many it may not have been their top choice anyway.

I know the words inadequate are scary, but I'm coming around to thinking the Ofsted scorings don't necessarily mean much (thinking of all those schools changed from outstanding to inadequate overnight over fairly trivial things).

We nearly moved to an area my sister in law lives but decided against it. There were a few reasons but one was that the local catchment primary school was inadequate and it made me nervous. A few years on and my niece has started at that same inadequate school and she's so happy there. Her friends are nice, the parents are involved in the school community, she's loving her education and sister and brother in law are really happy with the teaching she's getting there. I actually think- one inspectors visit on one day a few years ago aside- its probably a good school.

My sons current school is good at last inspection (with a couple of outstanding findings) and was inadequate if you go back to its inspection five years ago.

It's scary on the outside when all you have is the inspectors opinion but you might find your child is happy and does well there. I don't think the ratings are fit for purpose anyway.