2015-07-15

The Shropshire Star is reporting that an Ofsted report suggests pupils turned up for classes at a local special school armed with knives, sticks and a BB gun…

Three quarters of the staff at Cruckton Hall School, near Shrewsbury, also said they did not feel young people there were safe.

The claims were made in an Ofsted inspection report released today which rated the school as “inadequate”.

Cruckton Hall is a privately owned home that gives education and care to boys with learning difficulties, specifically autistic spectrum disorders.

The inspection was carried out in June and found there were serious and widespread failures resulting in children and young people not being safeguarded.

The school, which can accommodate up to 92 residential students, is also reported as not meeting the differing needs of individual pupils.

The Ofsted report contained concerns voiced by parents of students, including worries about staffing levels and a desire “get back a school we once loved”. Another parent said: “I have never known bullying like this in the past; I am worried.”

The report also stated that 75 per cent of staff surveyed through questionnaires or interviews reported that they did not feel young people are safe at the school. One member of staff raised concerns that some pupils came to school armed with knives, sticks and a BB gun…

Cruckton Hall declined to comment.

More at: Staff’s fears over pupil safety at special school near Shrewsbury

Interestingly the report doesn’t seem to be available yet on the Ofsted website so I’m not sure where the paper is getting its information from here.

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