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Following the resignation of the principal of Sandown Bay Academy this week, AET have announced they've replaced the board of governors with a new management board, with just the former Chair of Governors remaining.
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AET, control two high schools on the Isle of Wight, Sandown and Ryde academies.
The Academies Enterprise Trust, is a national chain of academies managing many schools across the UK.
They are not without controversy having been instructed by the government to slow their expansion.
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Chris Whitehouse says AET should be 'relieved of its responsibilities' and replaced as sponsor for Sandown Academy.
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AET strongly refutes the allegation they're removing funds from Sandown Bay to cross-subsidise activities elsewhere in the group.
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The Ofsted report says the rapid expansion of AET and a lack of strategic leadership have hindered improvement in Academies it sponsors.
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One of the people working at the Academies Enterprise Trust (They operate Sandown Bay and Ryde) earned between £200,000 and £209,999 in 2010, report the Guardian
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Julian Critchley says the rationale for the proposed merger of AET's two academies on the Isle of Wight is fundamentally flawed, and believes the proposal has not been properly thought through.
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Cllr Whitehouse responds to AET's rebuttal over allegations that they're removing funds from Sandown Bay to cross-subsidise activities elsewhere in the group.
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Many parents had already moved their children to other schools when the prospect of the school closing was announced. The academy sponsor confirm today it will close the school on 31st December.
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A motion being heard at the Extra-Ordinary Full Council meeting demands that Academy sponsor, AET, be removed from the role of managing any school on the Isle of Wight.
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The national paper claims the Principal was forced out of the position because of bad relations with the teaching unions. The academy sponsor denies the allegation.
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The Governors of Sandown Bay say they'd not been informed by AET about the Management Board, and speak out about AET's "unreasonable demands". AET refute the allegations.
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Today’s GCSE results are testament to the hard work of students over what has been a very disruptive two years, says National Director of AET
