THINGS go from bad to worse at St Aldhelm’s Academy. While other schools in the area have managed to start turning their fortunes around by becoming academies, St Aldhelm’s lurches from one crisis to another.

How can a school get to the point where it can’t open because it doesn’t have enough teachers? And, worse, texting parents barely 10 hours in advance of the start of the school day to tell them. Pupils are being failed and something needs to be done once and for all. It’s an utter disgrace that makes a mockery of David Cameron’s speech on educational standards this week.