Baverstock is much smaller than the average-sized secondary school. The number on roll has declined by 200 since the last inspection in 2014, when the school was placed in special measures. The number of students on roll in the sixth form has fallen from two years ago, when there were 79, to eight this year. There are 41 pupils on roll in Year 7. Baverstock has 450 fewer pupils since it converted to become a stand-alone academy in June 2013. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is about one in seven, which is broadly average. The percentage of pupils with a Inspection report: The Baverstock Academy, 4–5 October 2016 Page 13 of 17 statement of special educational needs or an education, health and care plan is below average. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups and who speak English as an additional language is above average. This includes a number of pupils who are new to English from EU accession countries such as Poland and Romania. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for pupil premium funding is well above the national average. Two out of three pupils in school are eligible for free school meals. The proportion of pupils who leave the school midway through a key stage is exceptionally high and rising as a result of the proposed consultation in June 2016 on the possible closure of the school. The principal who was in post at the time of the last inspection has been absent since October 2015. An interim executive principal was appointed from December 2015 and left in June 2016. The current interim executive principal has been in post since then and is in school on average three days a week. An IAB was established with a new chair in January 2016 to replace the governing body. The chair of the previous governing body remained as chair of the LEAP Academy Trust. The chair of the IAB resigned in May 2016 to be replaced by the current IAB chair. The school was issued with a financial notice to improve by the Education Funding Agency in October 2015. Following this, the school announced in 2016 that the sixth form would be closing as part of cost-cutting measures. Year 13 has remained open until 2017 to enable students to complete their courses. Consultation with parents about the future of the school was intended but this was put on hold in August 2016 at the request of the regional schools commissioner and the Department for Education (DfE), as further efforts were made to find a sponsor. A number of senior leaders, heads of department and teachers have left since the last inspection. Two senior leaders are currently on secondment, as is the head of mathematics, who has not been replaced. A numbers of other heads of department and teachers are due to leave at Christmas. A number of subjects, including geography and history, do not have a head of department and are being overseen by senior leaders. There is a high number of temporary and cover staff in post. There are no pupils in alternative provision. At the time of the last inspection, the school ran an on-site centre called LEAP for pupils at risk of exclusion or who had attendance issues. It also ran a centre seven miles away from the school, entitled Baverstock in the City, for new arrivals, mainly from Eastern Europe, who were at an early stage of learning English as an additional language. It actively recruited such pupils from across Birmingham. Both centres were rapidly disbanded shortly after the arrival of the previous interim executive principal and in response to the last inspection report and subsequent special measures monitoring visits. Based on its 2015 results, the school does not meet the government’s floor standards. These are the minimum standards expected for pupils’ learning and progress in English and mathematics. The school does not comply with DfE guidance on what academies should publish on Inspection report: The Baverstock Academy, 4–5 October 2016 Page 14 of 17 their website about examination results, the curriculum, pupil premium funding, Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up funding, special educational needs, accessibility plans for disabled pupils and up-to-date details of governance arrangements and duties.