The New Newbury: Has the once-inadequate school managed to turn things around?

‘You’ll rarely have a school say, ‘Bring me an Ofsted inspection right now!’ But that’s what we’re saying’

Good morning Patchers — and welcome to this members-only edition of The Dispatch. In today’s story, Ophira Gottlieb visits the Aston school that was pilloried in the press earlier this year after it received an inadequate Ofsted rating. Newbury Independent School caters for pupils who have few other options: they have either dropped out or been excluded…