Government inspectors have declared that a school’s standards have fallen in Yate but improvements have been made.

Brimsham Green School was inspected by Ofsted in October and received a report stating the school is in need of improvement.

The secondary school previously received a ‘good’ result in December 2011 but dropped to the ‘requires improvement’ category this year.

The school requires improvement in leadership and management, quality of teaching, achievement of pupils and sixth form provision.

The report gave the school a ‘good’ result of the behaviour and safety of pupils, and noted that ‘the headteacher leads the school community with significant determination and moral purpose. A number of sustainable improvements are now starting to have an impact on teaching and learning; the school is improving’.

Headteacher Kim Garland said: “The report confirms that Brimsham is improving rapidly and the measures we have implemented are securing sustainable gains; we know our school well, and target areas in need of improvement rigorously, and with success.”

“The remit of the Inspection Team is to report on the quality and impact of teaching over time, however, not just current practice, and this is frustrating, staff and Governors have truly embraced change and have significantly moved forward in the last 18 months.

“Ofsted no longer judges the quality of individual lessons, but during the Inspection the majority of teaching episodes observed were described as having the features of ‘good and outstanding’ lessons; A Level teaching was described as skillful."

The inspection was held on Wednesday, October 22 and Thursday, October 23 and involved 39 lessons being observed and discussions with staff and students were held to collect their views and opinions.

The report also stated that ‘whilst historically examination results have not been good enough in all areas, the school’s current approaches to teaching and learning are securing improved results. There are rigorous, sustainable plans to raise achievement and move the school forward.’

Ms Garland said: “Naturally we are eager for the outcomes of our improvement work to be fully recognised and as such we will be glad to be re-inspected so that we can secure a ‘good’ judgment.”