The head teacher of a Bradford secondary school has resigned after an investigation was launched into the school's poor performance.

As previously reported in the Telegraph & Argus, Queensbury School has been plagued by problems involving poor pupil behaviour, low academic standards and staff absences.

In September this year, the Deanstone Lane school's governing body suspended head Denise Shipton to allow an internal investigation to take place after Ofsted inspectors branded standards "inadequate", giving it a Notice to Improve, an official warning handed out to schools at risk of falling into special measures'.

Now Mrs Shipton has handed in her notice and left the school.

Councillor Michael Walls (Con, Queensbury), a governor at the school, said: "Mrs Shipton has handed in her resignation and we have accepted it.

"We will now be advertising the post in the New Year and hope to have a new head in place for next September."

Coun Walls said the results of the internal investigation would be available to the governors after Christmas.

He said acting head teacher Alan Worthington would remain in post until a new head was appointed.

Coun Walls said: "He has done a great job and brought in various innovations to address matters such as discipline, such as an awards system for pupils.

"The discipline and indeed the whole atmosphere of the school have now improved."

In July, the T&A reported the school had incurred an end-of-year overspend of £291,918, an increase of more than 500 per cent on the agreed deficit of £49,718.

Coun Walls said governors were now addressing the school's "financial issues".

He said: "Measures are being put in place to recoup the overspend."

He said the school would be "looking to make savings where possible", but did not intend to cut jobs.

"We want to get Queensbury back to being a high-performing school - as it was in the past," he said.