The most recent Ofsted inspection was on 16 April 2015 which resulted in a 'good' rating.

The initial infection probably came from a pupil from overseas who was not diagnosed with TB until he left the school in the summer of 2014.

His former classmates were tested in February 2015 with additional screening in April of years 10 to 12 and then finally the whole school in June.

However, in October Dr Sarah Harrison, deputy director of health protection for PHE said that the testing "could have been done a bit quicker, and I think certainly for an infectious teenager we would be expecting things to happen a bit more quickly than they did".

[7] The story caught the attention of many local and national newspapers, including the BBC which broadcast an episode of Inside Out South West on the outbreak.