The head-teacher of Brad-ford's controversial Immanuel Community College has quit after just two and a half years in charge.

Tim Cloke, head-teacher at the £15 million Church of England secondary school, has resigned in the hope of continuing his career at a different school.

Chairman of governors, and Archdeacon of Bradford, the Venerable Guy Wilkinson, said: "Tim has been with us for two and a half years and he's seen Immanuel go through a lot.

"It is as if he has finished chapter one of the school's emergence, and will now leave chapter two up to someone else."

The school has had numerous problems since opening, including two pupils being suspended for selling marijuana to fellow pupils and overcrowding on buses leaving students walking miles to get to school.

The school also sparked controversy after an admissions mix-up when 13-year-old John Evans, of Eccleshill, was offered a place at the school by letter, then was sent home on his induction day after the school said he had not been admitted. The school also illegally refused to admit a disruptive pupil who had been excluded from his previous school.

Many of the facilities at the school are yet to be officially opened after building delays. It had an instant population of around 1,100, most straight from defunct middle schools and the closed Eccleshill School.

When Mr Cloke arrived in Bradford for the job he worked from a city-centre office because Immanuel College was still in the early stages of being built.

In planning the opening of the school, Mr Cloke had to appoint staff, design a uniform and school logo, make checks on building work, hold pupil induction days and negotiate for resources needed by the school.

Mr Wilkinson said: "We are sorry to see him go, but he has done a tremendous amount in his time with us."

Alan Hall, head-teacher of Belle Vue Girls School, will become acting head-teacher for the next academic year.