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A letter from Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, sent to Directors of AET in March said the standards of performance at the Academy were unacceptably low, and likely to remain low.
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 Isle of Wight council have launched a six week consultation on future plans for secondary school provision in Sandown, floating a possible partnership with the Governing Body of The Bay CE Primary School.
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The Isle of Wight Labour Party are outraged at AET's chief executive, Julian Drinkall, for accusing Islanders of “nimbyism” for not agreeing to AETs demands to close down Sandown Bay Academy.
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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.
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Good news for pupils, parents and teachers at Sandown Bay Academy as the latest Section 8 Ofsted inspection sees improvements, say the 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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A day-long peaceful protest has been organised by the deputy head boy for students and a peaceful protest by parents is also planned to take place on Tuesday at 3pm.
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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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The Isle of Wight council say "assurances have now been given that the plan to cease secondary education at Sandown has been withdrawn".
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It's only been a few months since the last inspection, but Ofsted has been back to Sandown Bay to see whether progress is being made to exit Special Measures.
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Six of the seven Governors at Ryde Academy have resigned, saying they believe "decisions AET are making in respect of education provision show no interest in improving education, but are becoming wholly commercial”.
