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School 'over the moon' with Ofsted report as new head is praised for improvements

School pupils and staff are “over the moon” after inspectors praised their recently- appointed headteacher.
By Sarah Sinclair
Published 10th Oct 2019, 16:45 BST- 1 min read
Updated 10th Oct 2019, 20:53 BST
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Boldon School was rated as “Good” at its latest Ofsted inspection in September, after several years of being told to do better.

In May 2017 the secondary school underwent a full inspection and was rated as requiring improvements.

Following a monitoring visit in March 2018, Ofsted said leaders and governors were not taking effective action to tackle the areas in need of improvement.