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Chris Whitehouse

Chris Whitehouse was elected as Isle of Wight councillor for Newport West in May 2013.

Chris Whitehouse has previously been the Deputy Leader of South Bucks District Council.

He’s Managing Director of The Whitehouse Consultancy Ltd, which he founded in 1998.

He became Executive member for Children’s Services in January 2017, under the leadership of Conservative, Dave Stewart.

18, April 2013·1 min read

IW Conservatives tried to persuade UKIP to drop Newport West candidate

UKIP say that the falsified-nomination accusations only came to light once they said no to Conservative requests to withdraw their candidate from Newport West.

8, May 2013·1 min read

Island Conservatives have just announced their new leader

New group leader says he looks forward to leading the team.

10, May 2013·2 min read

Education Minister ‘impressed’ with councillors commitment to work together

With three out of six secondary schools in Special Measures, Andrew Turner believes education is the most pressing issue facing the new council.

10, May 2013·3 min read

Enterprising young people awarded for their business skills

Congratulations to all the young people who have been running businesses for the last eight months as part of the Young Enterprise scheme and especially to Team Spark, who will be representing the Island in the regional finals.

22, May 2013·2 min read

Invitation to find out what new schools will offer

A public meeting next month will give parents the chance to find out more about the new schools planned on the Island.

3, June 2013·1 min read

Children’s lives ‘being jeopardised’ say MP and councillors

Pupils from five schools could be at risk argue the MP and councillors as they cross the road to visit the convenience shop.

10, June 2013·1 min read

Island Conservatives say they will support local schools moving forward

Conservative Councillors will be doing all that they can to support local schools moving forward, says Cllr Whitehouse.

10, June 2013·2 min read

Sail on iconic Gipsy Moth IV and raise funds for school

Your chance to sail on Gipsy Moth IV and help raise funds for Christ the King College.

12, June 2013·2 min read

Parents hear more about Free and Studio Schools

Around 50 parents heard more about proposed free schools and studio school at meeting last week.

20, June 2013·1 min read

Call for former CEO Steve Beynon to be held to account over education failures

"We cannot learn the lessons if we cannot question Mr Beynon and Mr Edwardson to find out just what went wrong," says Cllr Whitehouse.

21, June 2013·2 min read

Gatten & Lake Primary from Special Measures to Good in 16 months

A fantastic achievement for the school prior to moving to new premises in September.

Carisbrooke College photo from their Website

2, July 2013·3 min read

Carisbrooke College: Positive first Ofsted report since Special Measures (Updated)

Inspector finds “much has been achieved in the past few weeks” in first Inspection report.

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