{"id":945711,"date":"2026-05-08T08:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/945711\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T08:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:53:16","slug":"worst-school-moves-in-right-direction-with-new-head-birmingham-mail-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/945711\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Worst&#8217; school moves in right direction with new head | Birmingham Mail &#8211; newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"size6 m-0 magName svelte-1tmct67\">Birmingham Mail<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p class=\"size6 m-0 issueName svelte-1tmct67\">May 08, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortDesc svelte-1tmct67\">A WEST Midlands secondary school considered among the worst in the West Midlands now appears to be moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hidden svelte-1tmct67\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">Ofsted inspectors recently returned to Shire Oak Academy, in Walsall, to see if the situation had improved since delivering a damning assessment in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">Back then, the school, which has around 1,300 pupils on its roll, was rated &#8216;inadequate&#8217; in three important areas around quality of education, behaviour and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/GB\/Reach-Publishing-Services-Limited\/Birmingham-Mail\/Newspaper\/\" alt=\"cover-img\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover svelte-1tmct67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1.jpg\"  alt=\"Birmingham Mail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mgd__lhd__cover__logo mgd__lhd__gold svelte-1tmct67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/static\/icons\/MG_Icon.svg\" alt=\"Magzter Gold Title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__title svelte-1tmct67\">This story is from the May 08, 2026 edition of Birmingham Mail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__title svelte-1tmct67\">Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/magztergold\/checkout?plan=2\" id=\"subscribe-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b class=\"bold svelte-1tmct67\">SUBSCRIBE NOW<\/b> <\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__ft svelte-1tmct67\">Already a subscriber? 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