Not enough progress is being made at an academy which was placed in special measures by Ofsted.
A monitoring visit by inspectors from the watchdog to Djanogly City Academy revealed a raft of problems, including students having too many different teachers in some subjects and "unacceptably poor" levels of teaching in some areas.
The Torch Academy Gateway Trust, which took over sponsorship of the Forest Fields school, has been told it must do more to improve. It was one of six placed in special measures during a blitz of inspections last year.
As revealed by the Post last week, three of these have impressed inspectors by the improvements that have been made.
In a letter to the school, inspector Philippa Darley was heavily critical. The letter said that the achievement of students was not good enough, highlighting staffing problems.
She said: "Students report that they have had up to six different teachers in some subjects.
"This has had a disastrous impact on the progress they have made this year, with the majority of students in years 8 and 9 failing to meet their targets in English and mathematics. The quality of teaching remains highly variable. It is still not consistently good enough, particularly in English, mathematics and science.
"Some teaching is unacceptably poor, with some qualified teachers failing to meet the national Teachers' Standards."
The letter did highlight some positives, included increases in attendance rates, which had been worryingly low.
In response to the previous criticisms, the academy is to phase out one of its two sites - Sherwood Rise - with all students to being based at the Gregory Boulevard campus. This will see a reduction in the number of students at the academy.
Interim head teacher Elaine Crookes said: "We are pleased that some of the progress we have made has been recognised by Ofsted, however we are not complacent. We are taking action to bring about improvements to ensure our students succeed, and are continuing to work on the areas highlighted by Ofsted to ensure that we move out of special measures."
In response to Ofsted highlighting the failings of the schools, Nottingham City Council has set up a Challenge Board to oversee improvements.
Councillor Sam Webster, executive assistant for schools, remains confident that the aim of the schools being judged "good" by the end of 2015 was still achievable.
He said: "We are on a journey and our goal is for every young person in the city to attend a good or outstanding school."
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