The Whitehaven Academy, a school once at the centre of the Bright Tribe scandal, has been rated ‘good’ by Ofsted, almost five years after it moved to a new sponsor.
The secondary school in Cumbria was placed in special measures in 2016 after inspectors found pupils made ‘inadequate’ progress, and warned of “insufficient improvement” work by its then sponsor.
For years the school was the focus of a bitter row over the state of its buildings and the support it received from Bright Tribe, which was set up by businessman Michael Dwan.
The Cumbria Education Trust took charge at the school in late 2018, and Ofsted has now upgraded the school to ‘good’.
