The pledge from Sean Hayes, headteacher at the school, in Park Lane, Eastfield, comes after the school was praised in a report by Ofsted inspectors.

The report states the 720-pupil school is making "satisfactory" progress in improving standards since being placed under special measures in April last year, after it was found not to be providing pupils with an acceptable standard of education.

Since then the school has claimed the highest possible marks for a monitoring report.

Mr Hayes said: "We are on track to be out of special measures by next April.

"This report is very reassuring for staff and pupils.

"We've got an action plan in place, which we have been working to all year. What's been useful is when the team have come in, they've made particular points as to what the next improvements should be.

"Satisfactory is the best we can achieve in a monitoring report, so we are going in the right direction."

Although citing the determined leadership of Mr Hayes, and the improved resources provided by the £16 million new school buildings as highlights, the inspectors have issued three areas needing improvement.

Among them is the need to develop the accuracy of teachers' assessments, and to use information from monitoring activities to select the support needed for each teacher.

The report also said behaviour is satisfactory, but continues to improve.

The report states the appointment of Mr Hayes as the school's permanent headteacher in March has also created stability for the school.

Peterborough City Council's recently appointed cabinet member for education, skills and university, councillor John Holdich added: "I am confident that further improvement will follow as the head teacher, his staff and the pupils work together for the benefit of the whole school."

Ofsted findings:

• Behaviour is satisfactory overall and improving, while behaviour out of lessons and around the site is good.


• Pupils' attendance is continuing to improve and persistent non-attendance is falling.


• A significant increase in the number of Year 11 pupils who are on track to meet their GCSE targets.


• Not all departments are maintaining sufficient information from marking to underpin their judgements on sixth form pupils' progress.


• Both the school's own evaluations and evidence from inspection indicate that marking remains inadequate.


• An over-reliance of the use of worksheets in lessons