 Various strategies have been employed by the school to target improvement including accessing coaching from the leader of an outstanding school in the area in order to improve the likelihood of the school meeting the Government's targets.Consultancy support was also accessed from within the County to support developments in maths, English and with attendance.The school's latest Ofsted report, prior to academy conversion, demonstrated improving performance with a headline comment that the school was "A good and rapidly improving school with some outstanding features".