A PRIMARY school has been slated by inspectors who listed a catalogue of problems and placed it in Special Measures.

Kinson Primary was heavily criticised and graded as Inadequate following a visit from Ofsted which concluded teaching is not good enough.

A team of inspectors visited the school for two days in December and said leaders at the school “do not have the capacity to improve” teaching.

They also slammed teachers, the school curriculum, work planning, low expectations and the ineffective use of funding to support disadvantaged pupils.

The school, in School Lane, Kinson, has 271 pupils between the ages of four and 11. The Principal is Michele Lawson.

It became part of the successful Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT)just days after the damning report and leaders there have pledged to turn the school around.

They have also criticised the timing of the inspection and said work is already under way to make the school better.

Alexandra Prout, the Trust’s Director of Early Years and Primary, said: “The timing of this inspection is unfortunate and unhelpful to the work already in place to halt the recognised failings of the school.”

She said the school transferred to AAT on January 1 and added: “Rapid advances in teaching and learning are already visible throughout the academy with a relentless focus on high expectations, using AATs proven track record of school improvements.

“We are dedicated to making Kinson Academy a success, and we now need the support and trust of the community while changes are put in place to improve the education for the children.

In his report, Ofsted inspector Matt Middlemore said: “Leaders, including governors, have failed to halt a decline in the quality of teaching.

“Teachers do not have the knowledge and skills to teach across a range of subjects.”

He described the school curriculum as “weak” and said it does not prepare pupils for life in modern Britain.

But the report says the school is good at keeping children safe and said early years teaching prepares children well for Year 1.

AAT runs a further10 nursery, primary, secondary and special schools.