A school plagued by problems which led to the resignation of its head teacher has been turned around, Government inspectors say.

Last month, the Telegraph & Argus reported that Denise Shipton, head at troubled Queensbury School, had chosen to leave her post after an internal investigation was launched into falling standards, poor pupil behaviour and financial irregularities.

In June, Ofsted inspectors branded standards "inadequate", giving Queensbury a Notice to Improve, and in July the T&A reported the school had incurred an end-of-year overspend of £291,918, an increase of more than 500 per cent on the agreed deficit of £49,718.

In September, the school's governing body suspended Mrs Shipton to allow an internal investigation to take place, and she subsequently resigned in December.

However, a report following an Ofsted monitoring inspection has shown the school is now making satisfactory progress under temporary head Alan Worthington.

Lead inspector Deborah Vaughan-Jenkins said Queensbury was addressing its problems and was "clear about what it needed to do to improve".

Her report adds "good support" is being provided by the local authority to "move the school forward", thanks to actions to "raise standards, improve pupils' achievement and secure the school's financial position over the next three years".

Inspectors now rank teaching and learning at the school as satisfactory, with strategies to reduce the number of "inadequate lessons" also said to have proved successful.

A number of "new key permanent appointments" will also help ease parents' concerns over "suitability of staffing", their report adds.

And pupil behaviour, identified as a key concern last year, was now said to have improved enough to also be ranked "satisfactory".