• IN common with many parents with children at Highbury Grove School, I was stunned by the harshness of the Ofsted report (Ofsted shock: What next for crisis school? February 10).

I have a child in Year 8 who has been going to school happily, learning steadily and enjoying his time there. He loves some of his teachers and, while we’ve had quibbles, we’ve been happy with the education he was receiving; the Ofsted report doesn’t alter this. Not only do I see no reason to move him, but I would recommend the school to others in the area.

That said, the Ofsted report makes clear there were systemic management issues at the school that need to be dealt with, issues that can only have been due to the leadership decisions of Tom Sherrington.

I have a lot of confidence in the new acting head, Aimee Lyall, who is already addressing these issues. What is exciting is to feel that the school is moving into a new, more positive phase, and that, in spite of Ofsted’s brutal assessment, that morale will rise swiftly and we’ll have a great school as a result.

PROFESSOR ANDREA SELLA
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