Alum Bay Fire: Video From Last Night

We put up a quick story last night about the fire at Alum Bay that appeared to be triggered by one of the fireworks after the display finished.

Alum Bay Fire: Video We’ve just had some video footage in shot by Anders Fortune.

Anders wisely shot the video at some distance, so the camera appears to be at full zoom. He’s done well, in what must have been difficult conditions.

The video gives you a real idea of how ferocious the fire must have been. Quite a task to get under control, we’d imagine.

Video after the jump

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Cath
28, April 2012 9:13 am

Might be me, but I can’t see where it says where it will be situated? It says ‘local’ but local to me doesn’t mean east Wight if I live in west Wight.

Is there any more information on this?

Noodles
28, April 2012 9:43 am

Can’t tell you how welcome this news is. Desperately want to move to the island permanently, but the education system is the one area that worries me greatly. A viable option like this would have me over in a shot.

L Pinkerton
28, April 2012 2:13 pm

How small is small? Does anyone know? Also how will pupils be selected?

Sir
29, April 2012 7:49 am

I have heard it plans to have 100 pupils per year group. Not sure if a location has been decided yet but it would probably be central is my guess.

L Pinkerton
Reply to  Sir
29, April 2012 9:50 pm

Sounds like a grammar school of 3 or 4 FE, or a grammar by some other name to make it legal.

Carolyn sibley
29, April 2012 2:24 pm

A small secondary school must be a good idea how do staff and children cope in the huge schools created here on the Island?

No.5
Reply to  Carolyn sibley
30, April 2012 5:29 pm

The same as they do everywhere else in Britain

spitandsawdust
29, April 2012 3:24 pm

But…..theyve already just destroyed a Secondary Modern School in Ventnor. It opened in 1957 and from 1970 until 2011 it was known as Ventnor Middle School. Here was their big chance to bring gravity back to this part of the island. That opportunity has now been lost forever. What an utter criminal waste and once again a make work scheme for property developers. You can bet this… Read more »

whatsinananame
29, April 2012 9:48 pm

100 per year…lol….sorry but my guess is statemented children can take there pick on schools and they get priority, so my guess is they will all pick this school, leaving few spaces for everyone else.

greenfiremouse
30, April 2012 9:25 am

In addition to the faith schools, this is yet another school that will take money out of the pot for “ordinary” schools.
If this trend continues, there won’t be any education system left for people who can’t afford to send their children to private schools and want to avoid “colleges” and “academies”; it’s certainly not possible any more on the Island.
But that was possibly the intention!?

Bluey
Reply to  greenfiremouse
30, April 2012 10:09 am

Who wants to send there child to an “ordinary school”? Surely they want them to attend a special high quality school with an ethos of discipline and educational excellence – no matter what the badge.

No.5
30, April 2012 5:34 pm

Quote So does the 5 A*-C target perpetuate the achievement gap? Human scale schools needed to close achievement gap, says OECD Teachers need support to become curriculum developers, says RSA How does a school hosting 100 students close the gap for the many thousands of others on the Island. This is nothing..a glaze on the surface of our education whose improvements ( if any) will be lost… Read more »

Sir
Reply to  No.5
30, April 2012 5:46 pm

I believe it is 100 pupils per year group, not 100 in total.

Sally Perry
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30, April 2012 5:45 pm

A video has been added to the article about Bishop’s Park College in Clacton-on-Sea.