Another week and another pre-election announcement. Very apt for today as it's the 750th anniversary of what is widely recognised as England’s first Parliament (which is being celebrated by the BBC with their Democracy Day campaign).
The long-awaited school-level 2014 GCSE results (provisional) can be found in the draft paper for the school places consultation which was approved by the Isle of Wight executive last week.
Concerned to read that it might be two years before an Ofsted inspection takes place at Cowes Enterprise College, the IW Member of Youth Parliament, Will Matthews, got in touch with Ofsted to raise his concerns.
Since being taken over by Ormiston Academies Trust, Cowes Enterprise is now considered a new school by Ofsted, giving them a chance of starting again, so exiting Special Measures.
A leaked set of email exchanges in front of all IWC councillors asks why Cllr Gilbey and Priest involved themselves at all with the Rush Close controversy after Head of Legal had advised not to. The chair of Scrutiny questions the extent of their 'acquaintanceships'.
Details that first appeared as comments with OnTheWight, were, for the first time, heard in the council chamber last night. Cllr Stubbings laid out in detail his sequence of events, "to put the record straight in the public arena".