A troubled high school has been hit by another blow after a damning Ofsted report put it in special measures.

A troubled high school has been hit by another blow after a damning Ofsted report put it in special measures.

However, the headteacher of Great Yarmouth High School has said it is not 'impossible' to significantly improve the school, which has suffered poor exam results and frequent changes to leadership in recent years.

John Robson, who became consultant head in February, said the key was to get the school signed over to academy group the Inspiration Trust so structures can be put in place to stabilise it.

In June 2014 the school was rated 'requires improvement' but inspectors were called in last month because of concerns about the decline in pupil outcomes and the high level of exclusions.

Inspectors judged the school to be inadequate across the board and criticised the school's senior leaders for being 'too tolerant of poor teaching' and some of the teachers for having 'very low expectations of what pupils can and should achieve'.

Mr Robson said: 'I think the report is an honest reflection of where the school is currently, although it is extremely hard for me to say. It is a great sadness that the school is going to have this label.

'It is not a quick fix. It is not an impossible task because there are enough good people in this school, adults and children, who want to be associated with a successful school. The Inspiration Trust or any academy model will bring extra resources and will help the school move on more quickly.'

Mr Robson believes the report would not deter high-quality candidates applying to become permanent head. And he said the school had not yet lost many pupils to the new Trafalgar College, due to open in the town in September.