SCORES of parents are calling for a vote of no confidence in a headteacher and governors after their school was found inadequate in all areas.

Management at Sholing Technology College was heavily criticised by education watchdog Ofsted in a report released last week.

Inspectors said they were “failing to give pupils an acceptable standard of education.”

Now parents have assembled a petition and will be presenting it to headteacher Martin Brown today.

Mum-of-two Rachael Redding has helped orchestrate the campaign.

She has a son in year 10 and another son who she was expecting to send to the school but now has serious concerns.

“I never really had much reason to worry, my son was always good and worked hard, he kept his head down but since this report came out I’ve heard some horrific stories about parent’s experiences with the school and how badly their children are doing.

“I’m dreading what could come next for my son as he goes into his final year. That’s why we are voting for no confidence in the head and governors. Something drastically needs to change and lots of parents are really fearful of what could happen to their children, I think some of us feel like we have ruined their chances.”

So far Rachael believes they have collected more than 100 signatures.

She has also set up a TSTC Parent’s Association Facebook Page which 266 parents have joined since the report was released.

MP for Southampton Itchen Royston Smith told the Daily Echo he will also be meeting Mr Brown - who has been in the post since September 2014 and vowed to challenge the report.

Mr Smith said: “The Ofsted report came as a bit of a shock but I think we need to have a moment of reflection and see why Mr Brown feels the Ofsted report isn’t fair, and to see what he is going to do about it.

“I support the parents but I’m stopping short of saying we need to fire everyone.

“These are clearly switched on and engaged parents but we need to find out if the headteacher is in denial or he’s just not up to the job."

Ofsted said school leaders were “not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement in the school”.

The report went on to say: “The headteacher and deputy headteacher are passionate about improving standards, but they do not have a sufficiently accurate interpretation of the school’s strengths and weaknesses.”

Inspectors said the governing body is “well intentioned” but “too reliant on progress information provided by senior leaders which is inaccurate”.

As reported in the Daily Echo, the Middle Road school of 1,017 pupils was one of five in Hampshire where results dropped in 2015 – from 50 to 41 per cent of pupils getting five A*-C grades at GCSE.

Martin Brown, former deputy headteacher at Upper Shirley High School, hit the headlines last year when he banned pupils from eating crisps and drinking fizzy drinks.

As a result of the Ofsted report the school has been put into special measures while management will work with inspectors and the city council to raise standards.

The school’s last Ofsted report in 2011 said it was ‘good.’

Cllr Darren Paffey, above, cabinet member for education and skills, said he could not comment on the head’s position at the school.

He said: “I appreciate that the whole school community will be concerned by the Ofsted judgement. Taking action to address the issues of standards and safeguarding that the report raises is now the priority, and we are writing to all parents to set out how the Council’s school improvement team will be working closely with TSTC to provide challenge and monitor improvements over the coming months.

“Over 85 per cent of our city’s schools are rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’, and I am confident that by working together with TSTC, the school can improve and return to the ‘Good’ status that will deliver the best outcomes for its students.”

Cllr Paffey also said he would meet with the school’s governing body tonight.