CHILDREN are in danger of being "exploited and radicalised" at an Oldbury primary school, Ofsted has warned.

Rounds Green Primary School has been put in special measures after a damning report by the education watchdog.

Inspectors found there was weak leadership at the school and a high staff turnover had led to an unhealthy reliance on supply teachers.

The report said: "Safeguarding is ineffective, not enough attention has been paid to assessing risks and acting on concerns.

"Actions have not been taken in accordance with the school’s safeguarding policy and pupils are not taught how to keep themselves safe from harm or risk.

"The school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is inadequate.

"Safeguarding procedures have not been carried out with sufficient clarity or precision to ensure pupils’ welfare."

The report added: "Pupils are not sufficiently aware of how to keep themselves safe, for example when using the internet or mobile telephones.

They are not taught how to identify the risk or dangers of child exploitation and radicalisation."

The inspectors, who visited the school in November, also criticised the leadership team.

The report said: "Leadership of the school over the last two years has been weak and the school is heavily reliant on external support.

"Teaching and learning are not effective and pupils are underachieving in reading, writing and mathematics.

The inspectors also criticised the board of governors at the Brades Road school, which has 461 pupils.

The report stated: "Governors have failed to challenge the poor practice of the school quickly enough."

"Leaders have not managed incidents of poor behaviour, including bullying, well enough and low-level disruption in lessons across the school interrupts learning.

"Attendance and punctuality are pojavascript:void(0)or."

The inspectors did praise the pupils as being polite and well mannered and the sports premium had encouraged healthy lifestyles.

In a letter to parents George Craig, chair of governors, said: "Whilst the judgements within the report are disappointing, Ofsted have acknowledged that the majority of the issues had already been identified by senior leaders and that robust plans are in place to effectively address our school improvement priorities."

The school has now appointed Helen Heap has headteacher.