A SCHOOL championed by the Conservatives ahead of the last general election has been labelled inadequate and placed into special measures following its first inspection by education watchdog Ofsted.

A scathing report, published yesterday, stated senior leaders and governors at BBG Academy in Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, had failed to take action to deal with “unacceptable” behaviour around the school and to keep students safe.

Governors at the school, which was set up by a group of parents to serve Birkenshaw, East Bierley, Gomersal, and Birstall and became an academy in May 2012, said they were “very disappointed” by the report, and had already identified areas where the school was not making the expected progress.

The school, which is based at the site of the former Birkenshaw Middle School, has 560 pupils aged 11 to 15, and will become a complete 11 to 16 high school from September 2015.

Ahead of the general election in 2010, then Conservative leader David Cameron and Michael Gove joined a march and rally organised by the Birkenshaw, Birstall, and Gomersal Parent’s Alliance in support of the bid.

Mr Cameron told parents: “The whole aim of my government, if we win this election, will be to help people like you to realise your dream – a great school at the heart of your community with great standards, great discipline and great aspiration for all the children who want to go there. I promise you if we get elected I will help your dreams come true.”

Now, Ofsted inspectors, who carried out their visit over two days in October, have rated both the behaviour and safety of pupils, and the leadership and management at the school, as inadequate.

The quality of teaching and achievement of pupils were also deemed to require improvement.

The report stated that poor behaviour of a small minority of students was not always tackled firmly enough by staff, with the “boisterous behaviour of some students putting others at risk of harm”.

The academy was also told that while it met the statutory requirements for the safeguarding of students, leaders’ efforts were undermined by poor behaviour, which put students’ and adults’ safety at risk.

Last month, BBG Academy announced its intentions to join the Rodillian Multi-Academy Trust, which runs Rodillion Academy, said to be the most improved school in the North of England over the last six years.

Executive head teacher Andy Goulty told the Telegraph & Argus that the school had implemented a new “positive discipline policy” on Monday, and the revised approach was “already bearing fruit very quickly” to improve behaviour in lessons and around the school.

BBG Academy’s chairman of governors, Sharon Light, said: “We have acted decisively to ensure the issues that the academy faces are resolved.”

A Department for Education spokesman said last night: “BBG Academy has been put in special measures today – and clearly this is not good enough for children.

“We have repeatedly demonstrated that we are tough on underperformance in all types of school, and this is no exception.

“We are working with the trust with a view to a successful regional sponsor taking over control of the school. The Regional Schools Commissioner will be making a decision in due course.”