The treatment of staff and pupils at Sandown Bay Academy by its sponsor, Academies Enterprise Trust, was described as appalling, atrocious and disappointing by councillors. They voted to have AET removed from all Island schools.
AET replaced the Board of Governors at Sandown Bay Academy with a Management Board last week. This afternoon they announce shocking news, it's unclear what the impact on the pupils will be.
The Trust that manages three schools on the Isle of Wight has come under further scrutiny by the education watchdog, Ofsted, following concerns about ‘unacceptably low standards’.
Parents of pupils at Weston Academy Primary School are calling on the education minister to reverse her decision to allow the school to close after it was announced last week that it could close at Christmas.
Parents are urged to attend a meeting being held at the school on Thursday to discuss its future following approval from the Secretary of State for the school to close at the end of the year.
MP visits Weston Community School which after threat of closure by the council, will next year become one of the first primary academy schools in the country.