A primary headteacher has said she was blessed to have a teaching staff committed to solving the school's troubles.

Broadmead Junior School's headteacher, Sue Hine, told the Guardian she was delighted a recent Ofsted inspection showed the school in Sydenham Road, Croydon, no longer had serious weaknesses saying it was thanks to the staff's hard work.

She said: "I think what we realised is that we didn't have anything to lose and so decided to go forward as a team, a committed team of teachers, who wanted to make a difference to the children."

She added: "I was blessed to have such committed teachers."

The inspection report shows the school no longer has serious weaknesses, and the leadership and management of the school have been significantly strengthened.

However the report did find national tests remain below average something Mrs Hine said she intends to deal with in the next two years.

Chairman of governors Phil Rose said the inspection's findings were a pleasant surprise. He said the school was ranked 69th out of 71 primary schools in Croydon last month following the publication of the Sats test results and had been hit by a number of upheavals, including the resignation of the entire board of governors in March last year.

He said: "With those results we expected the school to go into special measures. The previous governing body resigned in March and we only established a new governing body in April.

"The school had four headteachers in two years and our first job was to look for a new headteacher who would stay the long term."

He added: "Sue will be with us for a minimum of four years. In the short time she has been with us, the school has changed out of all proportion.

"The staff have been brilliant and I cannot thank the parents too much for putting their trust in us. I hope they will agree that that trust was well placed as confirmed by the report."