Governors of school where just nine out of 500 pupils speak English sacked for cover-up of falling standards The entire board of governors at a school where only nine out of 470 pupils speak English as their native language has been sacked after falling standards were hushed up for years. Ofsted inspectors discovered alarmingly poor levels of education during a recent inspection of Bradford Moor Primary in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Less than two years ago, the then Labour-led council praised the school's performance in multi-racial education. Governors of Bradford Moor Primary in West Yorkshire, pictured, have been sacked after Ofsted inspectors discovered falling standards during a recent visit Ofsted claims the rot has been going on for years, and this week classed the school as failing and placed it in special measures. However, campaigners claim the action has come too late and warned that the case underlines the need for educators to take a sterner line. Council bosses are now waiting for the go-ahead from Education Ministers to select a fresh team of trouble-shooters to replace the shamed board. UKIP leader Nigel Farage, pictured, was concerned that Bradford Moor Primary had been forced to rely on interpreter services Ofsted is mainly concerned about sliding standards in reading, writing, and maths. The damning report said: 'Pupils make inadequate progress because the quality of teaching is not good enough and this has been the case for some time. The governing body has failed to check the work of the school or hold the leadership to account, for many years and this has contributed to its decline. The Bradford Moor Parents Group began protesting earlier this year about falling standards. But UKIP leader Nigel Farage said yesterday: 'It is not surprising children who have English as a second language will struggle in English as a subject. This has been a conspiracy by those who refuse to face facts who need a lesson in common sense. We must absolutely insist on English being used in every British school and every exam. If not, we have no hope of a cohesive society in the future. Kids who are black or white can play football together provided they can speak the same language. If they do not they can't.' He was also concerned that Bradford Moor Primary had been forced to rely on interpreter services when dealing with some members of the school community. 'Money spent on interpreters would be better spent on teaching kids to pass exams,' he continued. This is a classic example of what you get when you put political correctness before results. Christopher McGovern, Chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, said: 'Children at the school have been badly let down. Those who have a good command of English should not be held back by those who do not speak English. Separate, intensive and first-rate provision in English should be made in order that non-English speakers can master the language as quickly as possible. A degree of competence in English should be a prerequisite for entry into mainstream teaching. Instead, we have system, here, that appears to have been driven by political correctness that has resulted in all the children suffering. The school management needs to learn the first lesson about running schools - children come first. Just nine out of 470 pupils speak English as their native language at Bradford Moor Primary (picture posed by models) Up to 98 per cent of the school's pupils speak English as an additional language and are of Pakistani heritage. Christopher Keeler, who led the inspection, said in his report: 'Pupils start school with skills that are much less developed than usual for their age. Outcomes at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage have been falling in every area of learning over a three-year period. 'Attainment is particularly low in children's communication and social development, their knowledge and understanding of the world and early skills in reading and writing.' He was concerned that end of year two results in reading, writing and maths have also been falling over the past three years and are now significantly below average. By the end of year six, attainment across all groups was well below age-related expectations in maths and reading. He added: 'The gap in achievement in relation to other pupils nationally is not narrowing because the planning and support for these pupils is not good enough. 'Evidence from looking at the work in pupils' books indicates that teachers' assessments of what pupils can do are too generous, particularly in writing. This gives a misleading impression of standards to pupils and their parents. Some teachers lack the level of subject knowledge, experience and confidence required to teach either literacy or numeracy effectively. For too long the governing body has not monitored the quality of teaching and achievement effectively. Bradford Council bosses are waiting for the go-ahead from Education Ministers to bring in a new team to replace the discredited board (picture posed by models) Governors have relied too heavily on information given to them by the head teacher in the past and have not provided sufficient challenge and support to school leaders. Ofsted stressed that the new school head Janet Relton was not at fault because the problems happened long before she was in post. Councillor Ralph Berry, Executive Member of Children's Services at Bradford Council, said: 'We have found by examples from other schools that the language issue can be overcome. There are clearly professional issues that need to be addressed here. We have got a school which has been through a period of change and difficulty. But we have a new head who has come in to address some of the long-standing issues and we are really turning things around. The findings of the report are in stark contrast to Braford Council's view of the school two years ago. Kath Tunstall, Bradford Council's Strategic Director for Children's Services, said in 2011: 'Bradford Moor Primary School has a strong record of performance, having been judged 'good' in its Ofsted report following inspection in 2009 and this year's provisional figures at Key Stage 2 show a 10 percentage point increase in English and maths since the school was last formally assessed two years ago.'