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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.

28, April 2017·4 min read

Former silenced Sandown Bay Academy Governors speak out (updated)

The Governors of Sandown Bay say they'd not been informed by AET about the Management Board, and speak out about AET's "unreasonable demands". AET refute the allegations.

26, April 2017·2 min read

AET replace Sandown Bay Academy Governors with new management board

Following the resignation of the principal of Sandown Bay Academy this week, AET have announced they've replaced the board of governors with a new management board, with just the former Chair of Governors remaining.

24, April 2017·1 min read

Head of Sandown Bay Academy resigns (updated)

Sandown Bay academy will be searching for another Head as the current one has just announced that she'll be leaving.

31, March 2017·3 min read

AET Chief accuses Cllr Whitehouse of ‘continued misrepresentation of AET and the facts’ after latest attack

Julian Drinkall, the CEO of Academies Enterprise Trust, responds to what he calls Cllr Whitehouse's "continued misrepresentation of AET and the facts around Sandown Bay to the media" suggests future discussions "be held in a serious way".

31, March 2017·2 min read

Cllr Whitehouse hits back at Academy’s rebuttal

Cllr Whitehouse responds to AET's rebuttal over allegations that they're removing funds from Sandown Bay to cross-subsidise activities elsewhere in the group.

28, March 2017·1 min read

AET strongly refute allegations over Sandown Bay Academy funds

AET strongly refutes the allegation they're removing funds from Sandown Bay to cross-subsidise activities elsewhere in the group.

28, March 2017·1 min read

AET should be ‘relieved of its responsibilities’ claims Cllr Whitehouse

Chris Whitehouse says AET should be 'relieved of its responsibilities' and replaced as sponsor for Sandown Academy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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