{"id":3407,"date":"2016-02-02T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/criminalised-as-a-failing-school-in-the-midst-of-oxfords-wealthy-spires\/"},"modified":"2016-02-02T14:34:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T07:34:06","slug":"criminalised-as-a-failing-school-in-the-midst-of-oxfords-wealthy-spires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/criminalised-as-a-failing-school-in-the-midst-of-oxfords-wealthy-spires\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Criminalised\u2019 as a failing school \u2013 in the\u00a0midst of Oxford\u2019s wealthy spires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nRose Hill was once the most improved school in the country. But high property prices mean it has struggled to recruit staff and now Ofsted has judged  it inadequate. Its headteacher talks to Sally WealeThere can be no easy way to receive the news that your school is being put into special measures. Last week Sue Vermes, headteacher at Rose Hill primary school in the south-east corner of Oxford, found herself in exactly that position.The Oxford Mail described the report by the schools watchdog, Ofsted, as \u201cscathing\u201d. It detailed a string of failures: that staff training on how to prevent radicalism and extremism was not completed; there were issues around safeguarding, declining academic standards, uninspiring teaching, low expectations and low attendance. A school that a few years ago had been named the most improved in the country had slipped from \u201cgood\u201d, to \u201crequires improvement\u201d and finally to the lowest category of \u201cinadequate\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2016\/feb\/02\/failing-school-oxford-property-prices-recruit-teachers\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Criminalised\u2019 as a failing school \u2013 in the\u00a0midst of Oxford\u2019s wealthy spires<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Rose Hill was once the most improved school in the country. 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