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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.

Colourful panels created by Liz Cooke and students from Cowes Enterprise College for the Creative Biosphere project

9, December 2022·1 min read

Five partnerships come together to showcase Isle of Wight’s Creative Biosphere (updated)

Funded by Arts Council England, a new exhibition is showcasing the work of five partnerships that came together to explore the Isle of Wight's biosphere in response to its UNESCO World Biosphere status

16, October 2013·2 min read

Ofsted sees improvements in teaching say Sandown Bay Academy

Good news for pupils, parents and teachers at Sandown Bay Academy as the latest Section 8 Ofsted inspection sees improvements, say the Academy.

11, May 2018·1 min read

‘Substantial’ funding for Sandown Bay Academy repairs secured

Money has been found for repairs and a team of officers have visited the school to assess the state of the building.

24, July 2013·2 min read

Olympic athletes inspire Sandown Bay Academy high performance students

A fantastic opportunity arose for students at Sandown Bay Academy this week when they had the chance to learn from Olympic athletes.

4, May 2017·4 min read

Shock at proposal to merge Sandown Bay Academy with Ryde Academy (update 2)

AET replaced the Board of Governors at Sandown Bay Academy with a Management Board last week. This afternoon they announce shocking news, it's unclear what the impact on the pupils will be.

27, November 2013·2 min read

Government has written to AET over ‘unacceptably low standards’ (updated)

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.

8, May 2017·1 min read

Parents and pupils to protest against proposed Academy merger

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.

27, November 2013·1 min read

‘Fog’ surrounding departure of Sandown Bay Principal

AET insists to OnTheWight that Sandown's Principal didn't resign, but that directly contradicts a statement made by AET’s executive director for performance. Who should be believed?

5, June 2017·3 min read

Call for IW school heads to oppose closure plans

Julian Critchley says the rationale for the proposed merger of AET's two academies on the Isle of Wight is fundamentally flawed, and believes the proposal has not been properly thought through.

11, May 2017·3 min read

Sandown Bay Academy: School is unsustainable say AET

Pupil numbers at Sandown Bay Academy have almost halved from 2,084 in 2012 to 1,157 this year. The Academy sponsor, AET, say it's just not sustainable

9, November 2017·2 min read

Plans for all-through education in Sandown revealed

Members of the public will be invited to have their say on the new plans for all-through education in Sandown. One big change will be the sixth form, which needs to have at least 200 students but only has 39 in Year 12 at the moment.

Mr Bricknell, Head of Blue House, with some of the Blue House Council members

16, January 2019·1 min read

Blue House Bay students raise £1,180 for CLIC Sargent

With the support of the local community and hard work of the students of the Blue House of The Bay CE School, over £1,000 has been raised for CLIC Sargent's Young Lives v Cancer campaign.

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