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The Dept for Education certainly isn't very happy with AET at the moment. Their letters to them are becoming ever more stern, telling them to raise standards. Happily, Island their IW schools are on the way up.
AET
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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The action group for Weston Academy say they will continue their investigations into what led to the closure and "demise of an on-the-up, progressive modern school".
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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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Members of the Weston Academy Action Group have been examining the AET contract and digging back through paperwork to build what they say is a robust defence against closure.
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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.
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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.
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The headteacher of one of the most rapidly improving secondary schools in Wales has been appointed Principal at Ryde Academy from September 2015.
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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 headline grabbing Principal, Dr Rory Fox, has now moved on from the school and the NUT say it's time to rebuild Ryde Academy.
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Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), the proprietor of Ryde and Sandown Bay Academies, has set up an panel to advise it on this important school leadership recruitment process.
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The NUT representative for the Isle of Wight says "the picture portrayed in the letter or in the articles is not one which the NUT recognises or accepts".
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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.
