A BRADFORD free school has been told it requires improvement, despite inspectors describing it as performing well in most areas.

The first report into One in a Million Free School has been published by inspection body Ofsted following an inspection at the end of the last school year.

Inspectors judged the school good for leadership, teaching and achievement of pupils, but gave the school an overall "requires improvement" rating, citing the behaviour of some of its students as an issue holding it back.

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The school was set up in 2013 by the charity group One in a Million, which works in partnership with Bradford City Football Club to help improve the lives of disadvantaged children. It is based in the club's former club shop and, as a free school, is not controlled by Bradford Council. At the time of the inspectors' visit, from June 30 to July 1, there were two year groups in the school, in years 7 and 8.

The report said: "A minority of students demonstrate poor self discipline which disrupts their own learning and that of others.

"Some teachers do not have sufficiently well developed strategies to manage behaviour and rely too much on interventions from the vice principal.

"Several teachers told inspectors they feel behaviour in the school is not good and needs to be managed more effectively.

"A number of students continue to exhibit more challenging behaviour and the proportion of students that have been excluded is above that seen nationally."

However, the inspectors say the poorly behaved students were in a minority, adding: "The majority of students display a positive attitude to learning."

It also says that bullying in the school is "rare" and that the attendance levels of disadvantaged pupils is "well above that of similar students nationally."

The school currently has 117 pupils, three quarters of which are boys, and there is a higher than average number of ethnic minority pupils.

Inspectors praised teaching standards and said the fact that every student is given the use of a personal tablet computer helps them share their work. Referring to pupil's achievement, the report says: "A regular feature in lessons is the cooperative learning that takes place, often with the most able students providing good support to their peers.

"Students from minority ethnic groups and those that speak English as an additional language are making good progress and keeping up with their classmates."

On the school's leaders, the report says: "Leaders and governors have a very clear vision - to meet the needs of disadvantaged students within Bradford who are at risk of failing in the mainstream education system."

No-one from the school was available to comment.