Harrop Fold was placed into special measures in October 2018 with Ofsted finding that "the school is failing its pupils", as well as "considerable uncertainty concerning its leadership".

a b "Prospectus" (PDF). The Lowry Academy. 2022. p.2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2023 . Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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I believe in following processes like this through, but only if you trust them and the sad fact is, I just don’t trust this process anymore. Some academies have sponsors such as businesses, universities, other schools, faith groups or voluntary groups. Sponsors are responsible for improving the performance of their schools.

But Mr Povey told the M.E.N: “I can confirm I am suspended. It is completely and utterly unfair. I will clear my name and the name of the school. I’m speaking to my legal team.” Finally, it is worth noting that amongst the students that have come off our school roll, there are some who are very talented and who are predicted to do very well in their GCSEs." Read More Related Articles When we had the conversation with governors and with the local authority, it becomes ‘let’s look at the risk factors. What are they? Pretty low. What are the positives of doing it so far? Extremely high. And therefore is it worth us doing another show, and potentially amplifying what we’ve currently got?’ And that’s where we ended up. Spending the first years at Harrop Fold walking around and managing problems was an eye-opener. At the start it really felt as if the value of this would be the help I could give by going into lessons and talking to children; it never occurred to me that the value would be in how much people wanted to be seen and heard.In summary, this a sad day for Harrop Fold school and our community, but I believe people know what the school has, and is, capable of achieving. Concerning the ‘off-rolling’ allegations at Harrop Fold, Mr Povey has been interviewed by a panel carrying out the investigation. I’ve not got the giftedness and the natural ability that other people might have, but I can work hard This feels very much like a personal vendetta and I hope that by removing myself from the situation, that some semblance of normality will return to the school, for the benefit of all." What the council has to say...

It was in special special measures, an amalgamation of two schools that went wrong. Change management done at its worst, and what happened was it went into a really bad place and when the inspectors came in, they said ‘this is absolutely its own category of special measures’.” The school needed a full-time police officer – often two – to help deal with behaviour. This feels very much like a personal vendetta and I hope that by removing myself from the situation, that some semblance of normality will return to the school, for the benefit of all." The number of pupils involved is approximately five in 2018 (2/3 EHE, 2 attendance) and three in both 2017 and 2016. This represents approximately 0.5pc of our total student population.In 2006 just 19 per cent of Harrop Fold pupils gained five GCSE passes including maths and English. Since then they have surged - in 2014 it was 42.7 per cent, in 2015 40 per cent. They dipped - in line with many schools across the region - following syllabus changes in 2016, to 30 per cent, before resuming an upward trend to 33.1 per cent last year. Billen, Andrew (13 October 2018). "Drew Povey interview – why the Educating Greater Manchester star left Harrop Fold School". The Times. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019 . Retrieved 12 February 2019. He also denied allegations the school was inappropriately coding students who are sent home early for poor behaviour. To date, I have still not yet been presented with the full details of the allegations that are being made, but I understand that the investigation is apparently focused on administrative errors involving a very small number of pupils.