An academy school which has been mired in controversy over its safeguarding practices has been downgraded by Ofsted from its previous rating of \u201coutstanding\u201d to \u201cinadequate\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In May, Holland Park School in Kensington was found to have a \u201cculture of fear and favouritism\u201d in an investigation by its governors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investigation found there was discrimination in the school against protected characteristics, including overt sexism, Islamophobia, and racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said that \u201cvery little support\u201d was provided to students following traumatic events such as the Grenfell tragedy, and that \u201cpublic humiliation\u201d or shouting was used as a behaviour policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An academy school which has been mired in controversy over its safeguarding practices has been downgraded by Ofsted from its previous rating of \u201coutstanding\u201d to \u201cinadequate\u201d. In May, Holland Park School in Kensington was found to have a \u201cculture of fear and favouritism\u201d in an investigation by its governors. The investigation found there was discrimination …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":83453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[135],"class_list":["post-83452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","tag-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"\n