'Educating Greater Manchester' school Harrop Fold in special measures

The school has 860 pupils aged 11 to 16.

The school which featured in the TV series 'Educating Greater Manchester' has been put into special measures by Ofsted.

Inspectors said that Harrop Fold School has been found inadequate in all areas.

The school, in Little Hulton, was previously deemed good in an Ofsted report in 2013.

The new inspection report said the school is "failing its pupils" and "significant and wide-ranging weaknesses have developed over time" that require urgent improvement.

The council said the Department for Education will now identify an experienced academy sponsor to support the school.

Drew Povey led the school as it featured on 'Educating Greater Manchester' for Channel 4. Credit: Channel 4

Harrop Fold first came to public notice in 2017, when the Channel 4 programme Educating Greater Manchester was first broadcast.

The then-headteacher, Drew Povey, quit in September after he was suspended due to "administrative errors", which involved how attendance and exclusions were recorded.

In his resignation letter, Mr Povey said he took full responsibility for the errors, but claimed he had been unfairly treated.

An interim head teacher was appointed, and Ofsted said he has started to address the school's problems.