A notice to improve placed on the Isle of Sheppey Academy has been lifted after its latest Ofsted inspection.

Both sites of the school were visited last month and the report was published on Thursday.

In January last year, it was rated inadequate and given the warning.

But after a change in the definitions used by the board, the academy’s overall effectiveness is now listed as ‘requires improvement’, which is progress from the monitoring inspection last summer.

The report notes that results have improved; students with special educational needs do well compared with nationally; pupils are proud of their new buildings; new senior leaders have made a difference to achievement, teaching and the range of subjects offered and governors provide strong direction.

Areas the inspectors found need improvement are in children’s attainment; while two-thirds of teaching is good not all teachers make sure students are keen to learn; marking does not make it clear to each pupil whether they are doing as well as they can; too many youngsters do not attend regularly and parents are not involved enough in attendance; sixth form requires improvement and senior leadership needs to be streamlined.

Principal David Day said: “This is a fair and accurate report.

“It provides parents, students and staff with a morale boost and clarity as to where our collective energy needs to be harnessed.

“Let us all be very clear about the future – progress must be accelerated and I hope that students and staff will continue to work hard.

“I see the bond between highly committed long standing staff and impressive new teachers and leaders strengthening, as exemplified by our Easter revision programme, where we had over 100 pupils with teachers volunteering to attend GCSE revision on a daily basis during the holidays.

“This commitment is exactly what is needed for the future.”

A meeting was held at the east site in Minster Road on Wednesday night where Mr Day gave a presentation to parents and students about the school’s action plan and how they plan to deliver improvements.

Mr Day added that they are working on making marking clearer so students know how they can make their work better and most importantly are concentrating on year on year continuous improvements, which they have achieved so far.