No decision has been made two months after an Ipswich high school was handed a termination warning notice by the government.
Westbourne Academy, in Marlow Road, was issued with the warning by the Department for Education (DfE) at the start of September.
The DfE stated at the time that if "rapid and sustainable improvement" isn't seen, the school would be taken away from the trust - but no decision has been made yet.
Jonathan Duff, regional director for the East of England regions group at the DfE, said: "I need to be satisfied that the trust has capacity to deliver rapid and sustainable improvement at the academy.
"If I am not satisfied that this can be achieved, I will consider whether to terminate the funding agreement in order to transfer the academy to an alternative academy trust.
"In making the decision on whether to terminate the funding agreement, I will consider any written representations the trust wishes to make in response to this termination warning notice."
This newspaper has contacted the DfE about the school's future but it has informed us that no decision has been made yet.
The Academy Transformation Trust, which runs Westbourne Academy, was also contacted for an update.
The termination warning followed the school being rated as 'inadequate' by Ofsted in July.
The Ofsted report took place in the wake of Westbourne Academy teachers going on strike in May in response to the poor behaviour of the children.
The strike was organised after the union hit out at the school due to what the union branded "inadequate management of poor pupil behaviour", meaning some staff feel that they are not able to teach uninterrupted all of the time.
Since the strikes, Westbourne Academy confirmed a new vice-principal with expertise in behavioural issues has been hired.
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