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The Bay CE School

The Bay CE School was launched in September 2018, after Sandown Bay Academy was closed and re-opened federated with The Bay Primary school.

Ministerial approval to close Sandown Bay Academy enabled plans to extend The Bay CE Primary to become an all through school from 1 September 2018 catering for students aged 4-16.

Sandown Bay Academy was one of six secondary schools on the Isle of Wight and was run as an Academy, by a privately held company, AET.

Below are the articles OnTheWight has written about it.

27, February 2014·3 min read

Sandown Bay Academy ‘revitalised’ under new leadership

The Ofsted inspector found that although the new Principal has only been in post nine weeks, he has revitalised this academy.

21, March 2014·1 min read

The Academy sponsor that runs a third of Island schools told by Gov to stop

Discussions in Parliament reveal that Academy sponsor on the Island has been restricted in taking on any new schools.

25, April 2014·4 min read

How long should it take a school to move out of Special Measures?

With three of the six secondary schools in Special Measures, many parents might be wondering how long it should take for the schools to exit Special Measures.

10, June 2014·2 min read

Positive Ofsted report for Academy in Special Measures

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.

14, August 2014·1 min read

Exciting destinations for Sandown Bay Academy students

Whilst the Academy are still collating the overall figures due to some grades only arriving this morning, they are delighted to congratulate those students heading off to their exciting destinations. Below are just a few.

18, October 2014·1 min read

Sandown Bay Academy exits Special Measures

Congratulations are in order for Sandown Bay Academy for working its way out of Special Measures. A great deal of hard work and determination has been shown by all involved.

9, March 2015·2 min read

Extra findings from the secondary school admission data (Updated)

Having spent a little time with the secondary school admissions data released by the council today, here's the extra that we've learnt.

Sandown Bay 6th form - A level results 2015

13, August 2015·2 min read

Sandown Bay Academy celebrating ‘excellent ‘A level results with 100% pass rate

Sandown Bay Academy celebrates excellent examination results across the board. Well done to you all.

20, August 2015·1 min read

Sandown Bay Academy 2015 GCSE Results: Some outstanding results

Some outstanding results are being revealed at Sandown Bay Academy with at least two pupils achieving 10 A* GCSEs.

10, December 2015·4 min read

Principal’s commitment praised, but school not improving fast enough says Ofsted

The Principal, whose “whole-hearted commitment to the academy" has been recognised by Ofsted, is adamant the school will be rated at 'Good' at the next Section 5 inspection. Ofsted say there is still a way to go yet and improvement needs to be accelerated.

1, February 2016·1 min read

Isle of Wight A-level results show mixed outcome for 2015

The Isle of Wight College, which will cease A-level provision this year, saw the highest A-level results in the state sector. There's been great improvement for Sandown Bay Academy too.

4, February 2016·2 min read

AET comes under fire from Ofsted again

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.

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