Excluding a few outstanding examples in the primary sector, according to a recent review by Hampshire Children's Services there's a pretty bleak picture for Isle of Wight Education.
Giving advance warning to officers and the Scrutiny Panel, Cllr Whitehouse says he intends to raise issues surrounding Cowes Enterprise College at next week's Scrutiny meeting.
The Danish company behind the new Cowes Enterprise College blames unexpected costs for post-completion work on several projects for the decision to wind up company
A massive turn-around for the council as they now say suspended officers had nothing to do with the school's delayed opening. Very different from what was heavily implied previously.
The mother of a Cowes Enterprise College pupil was amazed to receive a call from the school asking whether she held a Food Hygiene Certificate after offering to donate home-baked cakes to charity sale.
Overall the inspection was seen as positive, however, teaching is not yet consistently good enough to ensure that students are making enough progress to catch up the ground lost during their earlier years at the college
An independent inspection of Cowes Enterprise College by the Education Funding Agency found the Council underperformed initially, but appears to be getting things sorted now.