Isle of Wight education

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Money from the government’s Capital School Improvement Programme was used to fund some of the work.

Ryde Academy's Computer Science Teacher and STEM coordinator, John Nicholson, has just become an SSAT Leadership Fellow as part of an impressive group of future leaders from across the country.

In five school years of parents (2018-19 intake) having to drive their children to school because there are not enough places on the school bus will result in 390,000 extra car journeys on the Isle of Wight says IW Green Party.

The new interim head of the Isle of Wight CCG said they "are absolutely understanding of the stress this has caused children and their families", but added there was a national shortage of experience in this area.

In a report, due to be seen by the CCG board tomorrow (Thursday), concerns have been raised about the insufficient capacity in the short-term to clear the waiting list by the end of March.

The number of parents on the Isle of Wight successfully winning appeals after their child was not offered a place at their first choice of school dropped in the 2017-18 school year compared to the previous year.

The number of children who met national standards rose by 11% following introduction of the Year 1 ‘phonics’ programme. Congratulations to all.

Isle of Wight schools have today (Thursday) provided their provisional results to the Isle of Wight Council, with the majority reporting improvements overall.

There was a 100% success rate for the second year running for all UKSA Further Education courses with all students moving into employment, further education or training.

17% of exams were awarded the very top grade of a 9 and over a quarter of all results were either A* or the equivalent (9 and 8) – the best figures ever for the very top grade.