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Steve Beynon

Steve Beynon joined the Isle of Wight council as director of children’s services, but was later appointed as Chief Executive.

Despite stating that he would be retiring in 2012, the former Conservative council chose instead to make his role redundant, resulting in a large pay-out from council budgets.

He resigned from the post in February 2013.

Below are a selection of articles where Steve Beynon is mentioned.

2, May 2013·2 min read

IW Council ordered to release info they’ve tried to hide

Victory for campaigners as Government watchdog commands IW Council to release information they've previously blocked access to.

7, February 2013·2 min read

Steve Beynon claims Islanders’ comments led to county council withdrawing

The council's Chief Executive seeks to blame comments from Islanders, claiming they caused an un-named county council to pull out of negotiations to provide educational consultancy.

15, January 2013·1 min read

Council’s IW Adult and Community Learning college ‘Requires improvement’ say Ofsted

Council-controlled college slips from Good to 'Requires improvement' in the last three and a half years.

3, April 2013·2 min read

Isle of Wight council Compromise Agreement figures revealed

This year OnTheWight has been researching IW council's use of Compromise Agreements. Here are the numbers, but the council is still hiding some details.

14, March 2013·1 min read

Ventnor Coastal Centre: IW Council refuse nomination as Community Asset

The Strategic Manager for Economy, Tourism and Events informs Ventnor town council that the Coastal Centre will not be protected for future economic and community use. There is no right of appeal.

8, March 2013·6 min read

Why is Steve Beynon being paid to leave the council? We estimate £47k

Retired Hack asks why Steve Beynon is being given a redundancy payment when he had already declared he was going to retire this year, which would have cost the Island nothing. We estimate it will cost the Island £47,000, not just £13,000 that the CP ran as their headline.

18, October 2012·1 min read

GCSE results: Andrew Turner ‘Ministers worried about education on the Island’

Andrew Turner is clearly distressed at the bottom-in-England GCSE results. He also reveals for the first time that "Ministers have been worried about education on the Island for a long time".

2, July 2014·3 min read

Riverside Centre to finally be transferred back to the community. Why did it take so long?

It's taken nearly twenty years for ownership to be passed back to the Riverside Centre in the form of a Community Asset Transfer.

14, May 2012·3 min read

Blackgang Viewpoint Car Park: Council Refuse to Answer VB Questions

The council is refusing to answer any of VB's questions about the Blackgang Viewpoint Car Park sale. If you think this is as wrong as we do, here's something you can do about it

8, February 2013·4 min read

CEO confirms ‘Serious Case Review’ being undertaken

Chief Executive confirms there is a Serious Case Review in relation to the death of a baby last year.

25, January 2013·5 min read

Cowes Enterprise College: Chair of Governors called to ‘fall on his sword’ by parents (updated)

Parents provide both passionate and forceful feedback following the Ofsted report placing the College in Special Measures. External Improvement Partner explains route to improvement.

17, October 2012·1 min read

Catch up on our tweets from the full council meeting

If you missed out earlier, you can read them now here.

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