A Ipswich school has been transferred to a new trust after being served a termination warning notice last year.
The government has decided to transfer ownership and running of Westbourne Academy in Marlow Road to the Inspiration Trust, following a damning Ofsted inspection into students behaviour.
Last year, the school was served a termination warning notice which saw the school being taken away its previous trust, the Academy Transformation Trust.
Three trusts were considered to take over management of Westbourne Academy by the Government's East of England Education advisory board, which discussed each trust’s local knowledge, leadership and governance, school improvement plans and track record.
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Board director Johnathan Duff appointed Norwich-based Inspiration Trust, who run Sir Isaac Newton Six Form and Jane Austen College among other schools, to take over management of the school.
2025 saw teaching staff at Westbourne Academy go on strike due to concerns over student behaviour, with a damning Ofsted inspection later confirming teacher's fears.
Inspiration Trust and Westbourne Academy were contacted for comment by this newspaper.
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