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In other news, a local school has been put in special measures after their latest OFSTED report.

The Bromfords School in Grange Avenue, Wickford have started improvements around the school by hiring a new line up of management to raise standards and turn the school around. Part of the new staffing includes two new deputy heads and plans have also been made for a new permanent headteacher. Changes have also been made to the governors where a new chair and vice chair have been appointed to improve tracking and decision making throughout the school.

Since these changed have been made, improvements can already be seen. Now 73% of students entered in English exams at GCSE level passed with an A*-C grade. The school have also predicted that 63% of students will finish exams with 5 GCSE passes including English and Maths compared to an outcome of 58.5% in 2013.

Staff at the school have said to reporters that the school is already a different place compared to what inspectors saw in the past and that all staff are determined to continue with the pace of the current improvements over the next few months. The governors have also stated that the aim is to continue with the rapid improvement referenced by OFSTED and to move out of special measures as soon as they can.