This took place back in 2011 under the previous Conservative administration. It's hard to understand how the council could part with substantial sums without checking what they're buying first.
The Inspector found the headteacher and the interim executive board providing strong senior leadership to the school, which it believes is making reasonable progress to improve standards.
Labour MEP candidate for the Isle of Wight was named at the weekend as one of those killed during a car bomb attack in Kabul. Our thoughts go out to Del's family, friends and colleagues.
Despite protestations from Cllr Priest that everything is going in the right direction, Cllr Lumley is still not convinced about the Indie-Tory collaboration on education.
Official Hampshire CC report exposes catalogue of failures in education by the Isle of Wight council going back years, leaving education in a state that is 'full of danger'.
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.