AN EAST Hull primary school has been placed in special measures for failing to provide an acceptable standard of education to pupils.
Mersey Primary School has been told by inspectors it must make improvements in teaching to allow pupils to make faster progress.
The school in Derwent Street was visited in October.
It is the latest East Yorkshire school to fall foul of tougher new guidelines issued earlier this year.
The new framework focuses on four aspects in schools, including achievement of pupils, quality of teaching, pupil behaviour and leadership and management.
Pupils at Mersey Primary School have not been making enough progress in the core subjects of English and maths, according to the report.
It also said teaching was inadequate.
Inspectors said: "Poor teaching has resulted in pupils having weak literacy and maths skills, and all groups making inadequate progress.
"Little attempt has been made to tackle the all-too-wide gaps evident between the performance of boys and girls."
Headteacher Peter Robinson said: "The staff are understandably upset and extremely disappointed at the outcome of this inspection.
"But they are determined and committed to respond to the issues raised and move the school forwards."
Since the visit by inspectors on October 24 and 25, the school and its governors have been working closely with the local authority to put an action plan together to address the concerns raised and make improvements as quickly as possible.
Concerns about the quality of teaching included the fact weak teaching restricted learning and teaching assistants not being used to the best effect.
Inspectors did however praise a lot of work the teachers did.
They said: "Teachers get along really well with their pupils. Relationships are good and teachers give their pupils much encouragement and praise.
"As a result, pupils try hard even when lessons are not very exciting.
"The good relationships help to explain why pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is soundly promoted."
Although the school was given inadequate ratings in three of the categories, inspectors said the behaviour and safety of pupils was good.
The inspectors said: "Pupils' behaviour is good when learning, playing and moving around the school.
"They show consistently good attitudes to learning."
"Behaviour is managed well and inappropriate behaviour is rare."
Chair of governors Margaret Holliday said: "This report is disappointing considering the hard work and commitment of all the staff at Mersey Primary School.
"I have every confidence that we will all work together to bring the school through this difficult time."
What the inspectors said OFSTED inspectors said the school has the following weaknesses:• Leaders and managers have not been effective in addressing important weaknesses raised at the previous inspection, nor have they succeeded in securing essential improvements to drive up standards in English and maths.• There is no clear trend of improvement in the performance of boys or girls.• Teaching is inadequate.• Checks on the quality of teaching does not focus closely enough on how well pupils learn.• School improvement plans are not focused sharply on the need to raise standards. Inspectors said the school has the following strengths:• Team spirit among staff is good. Teachers and other adults work well together and all are committed to improvement.• Parents are overwhelmingly supportive of the school.