New councillor says the council assistance to Island schools is 'vitally important', noting 'there are clearly strengths to build on as well as weaknesses to address'.
The Chairman of Ofsted, David Hoare, tells a conference audience that during dinner party chatter he describes Isle of Wight as "a ghetto" with "inbreeding" and a "mass of crime, drug problems, huge unemployment".
The Education Policy Institute's latest report questions whether Ofsted is unfairly rating schools that have disadvantaged pupils. Given the current low Ofsted rating of schools on the Island and some areas of poverty, its contents will be of interest to many on the Isle of Wight.