councillor for Lake South in the 2017 local council elections.
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Proof that ending period poverty can help improve attendance at school has been realised at a school in Portsmouth where it has increased by almost a third since the Red Box Project was introduced.
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A visit by staff from Island Roads to this primary school was fun, engaging and interactive, says the head teacher.
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The cabinet member for education and children's services said “I do not like it when councillors try to make political gains out of our children. The debate went off on a tangent, and it went on for far too long."
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Cabinet members voted last night to open the consultation on draft budget proposals and some made suggestions of items that should not be included.
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Money from the government’s Capital School Improvement Programme was used to fund some of the work.
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The number of children who met national standards rose by 11% following introduction of the Year 1 ‘phonics’ programme. Congratulations to all.
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Isle of Wight schools have today (Thursday) provided their provisional results to the Isle of Wight Council, with the majority reporting improvements overall.
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Cllr Paul Brading called the organisation of the meeting shambolic, with parents forced to sit on the floor and it being revealed ‘nothing has changed since April’.
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The move to charge parents for both morning and afternoon seats on school buses, even if they only wanted one or the other, caused outrage across the Island.
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The Isle of Wight council hope the move will result in more families being found for children on the Island and within Hants.
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Following an announcement from the Dept for Education that Isle of Wight Studio School will close in summer 2019, Isle of Wight politicians share their responses.
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Congratulations to the Isle of Wight Council’s director of children’s services, Steve Crocker, who has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
