 In May 2014 it was announced that the trust was to cease operations, and The Dean Academy formally joined the Athelstan Academy Trust in March 2015. which also contains Malmesbury School and Bradon Forest School in Wiltshire.In November 2015, the Dean Academy was put into special measures after a critical Ofsted report, and the headteacher David Gaston resigned.Following the resignation of David Gaston, the academy transferred control temporarily to John Barrett throughout the 2015–2016 school year.