LESS bullying, raised expectations and improved security are among the findings of Christ The King College's recent Ofsted inspection - but not everything is positive.

One of the main areas the school needs to improve, the watchdog said, was the lack of knowledge, and confidence, of some teachers, to teach about diversity and equality.

Inspectors said the limited knowledge had frustrated and upset pupils and was having an adverse impact on engagement in lessons and respect for those teachers.

Ofsted said the school must make sure all staff are equipped and able to deliver that part of the pupil's education. In a press release from the college, it said it had embarked on a training programme to ensure staff were confident to teach such matters.

The faith school, on Wellington Road, Carisbrooke, had previously been graded as 'inadequate' by Ofsted in 2018 but following three monitoring visits and a further inspection in July this year, the college has been able to improve its rating to 'requires improvement'.

In the inspector's report, many positive changes were noted including significant behavioural improvements and enhanced quality of education.

Leaders were seen to be increasingly ambitious for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils, with teachers and assistants able to support their learning in classrooms although not all staff 'put that into practice well enough to support different groups of pupils'.

The degree to which teachers deliver curriculums and SEND support strategies varied across the curriculum, meaning some pupils had gaps in the knowledge and skills or do not achieve as well as they could.

Inspectors highlighted physical education and mathematics, where teachers' delivery was variable.

They said assessments do not always focus on what pupils have learned and where this occurs, not all teachers have consistently high expectations of what pupils can achieve.

The school has been under the leadership of a new headteacher since January, Kevin McDermott, who has said he is exceptionally proud of the staff, students and wider Christ The King College community that enabled such significant improvements to be made.

He said the school is very much looking forward to the next stages of their improvement journey.