Written question asked by Peter L Pike (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 November 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 November 1998. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 November 1998 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action he proposes to take on the leaking of the draft OFSTED report regarding Todmorden Road County Primary School, Burnley.

Answer: Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what action he proposes to take on the leaking of the draft OFSTED report regarding Todmorden Road County Primary School, Burnley; and if he will make a statement. [58541] Ms Estelle Morris: Arrangements for confidential oral feedback of OFSTED findings are set out in the Framework for School Inspection. I deplore any case in which normal publication arrangements are pre-empted by a breach of confidentiality, but this is not a matter in which the Department can intervene and I am not in a position to make any judgment on the case referred to. Todmorden County Primary School is failing to provide an acceptable standard of education and requires special measures. The school and Lancashire LEA must now produce urgent plans to resolve the key issues identified in the OFSTED report so that it can be removed from special measures within 2 years.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 319 c132W; 58541
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Disclosure of information Office for Standards in Education Primary education Todmorden Road Primary School Burnley