sentences:  In January 2008, the school was highlighted as the most improved school in London (for the proportion of students achieving at least 7 A*-C grades at GCSE) and in July 2015 was judged to be ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.The federation with Sulivan Primary School was established in February 2012 to raise standards in both schools through collaborative work and to provide for the first time the prospect of an enhanced and integrated educational, youth and community provision across the Sands End ward., and in 2005 Ofsted reported that the school was rapidly improving.In October 2006 the Local Authority proposed to close the school, but the school campaigned against this, and before adjudication, the council withdrew the proposal.