A primary school has been ordered to improve after Ofsted said it had “serious weaknesses”.

Reevy Hill Primary in Buttershaw has been branded inadequate by inspectors. Their report said pupils’ achievement was particularly poor and there was a “legacy of underachievement”.

It said: “Pupils in years one to six have not made enough progress over time because the quality of teaching has been too variable, with some that was inadequate. Though progress is now improving, a legacy of underachievement remains.”

The report said the governing body had been ineffective in the past, but was now improving. It said: “The governing body has not been effective over time in holding the school to account for its performance. It has improved over the last year and is supportive of the school but not all governors are fully involved in driving improvement.

“Some governors are relatively new and do not yet have a full understanding of the school’s strengths and weaknesses.”

But the inspectors praised head teacher Jo Bradley.

Their report said: “The head teacher has high ambitions for the school. Her leadership has been central to the improvements made over the last year.”

Mrs Bradley said: “Since my appointment in September 2011, we have begun to make the necessary changes to secure improvements for the school.

“We are glad that Ofsted recognised the work we have done so far and the progress we have made. We accept the findings in the report and are continuing to work hard to bring about the further improvements.”

Councillor Ralph Berry, executive member for Children’s Services, said: “We are working with the school to bring about faster improvement at Reevy Hill in line with the comments made by the inspection team in the Ofsted report.”

Meanwhile, Miriam Lord Primary School in Manningham has been praised by Ofsted but warned it still “requires improvement”.

Inspectors said its 480 pupils behaved well and were making progress, but that teaching was “not consistently of a high enough quality”.

In three categories – achievement of pupils, teaching quality and leadership and management – the school must improve. Head teacher Bryan Harrison said: “We are not complacent and are working hard with the local authority to bring about further improvements to make this a good school.”