A school which has replaced nearly all of its teaching staff in the past eight months is not making enough progress to exit special measures.

But there are some positive signs from work being done at St Edward’s Catholic Primary, New Road, Sheerness.

The school, which was rated as “inadequate” in March 2013, had its latest monitoring inspection from Ofsted on November 11-12.

Since the regulator’s last visit in March, when the school was found to be making “reasonable” progress towards being satisfactory again, six of its seven teachers have been replaced.

Executive head teacher Amanda Woolcombe and head of school Caroline Jackson left in July.

Elizabeth Williams was appointed in September to lead the school, which has 204 pupils, for one year.

Hayley Liddon came in at the same time as full-time head of school for one year.

A new pastoral support worker recently joined and a new governing body was formed in April.

The report said: “There are pockets of inadequate teaching which hinder pupils’ progress.

“Efforts to improve classroom practice have been hampered considerably by continuous changes of staff.”

It later states: “Pupils continue to make better progress in Years 5 and 6, where teaching is stronger than elsewhere.

“However, some improvements seen at the last monitoring inspection have not been sustained, particularly in Reception. This is a serious concern.”

It adds: “Necessary information was not made readily available for new leaders to have a full and accurate picture of the school from the moment they took over.”

On a positive note, “current leaders have worked hard to communicate their commitment to the school and gain the confidence of the parents and staff”.

Plans to convert the school into an academy have been delayed twice.

Sue Rogers, director of education, quality and standards at Kent County Council, said: “A new head teacher and executive head teacher have taken over responsibility at the school which should accelerate the pace of improvements.

“The Ofsted inspector acknowledges that the new leadership team, governing body and the new teachers have been in post for too short a time for their work to have made an impact yet.

“Support and monitoring from the local authority has been increased significantly and we are monitoring progress and the impact of the action plans in the school to ensure the school moves forward at a pace.”