The secondary school has been long held up by local politicians as the 'beacon' school for the Isle of Wight, but today, Ofsted have dealt a shocking blow with an Inadequate rating for the school.
More budget cuts look likely to be on the way if Leader of the council, Dave Stewart's statement issued ahead of tonight's (Wednesday) Full Council meeting, is anything to go by. Read it here.
Although the Isle of Wight council have an underspend of close to £5,000,000 those in charge say they will still need to raise council tax next year, due to the cuts in government funding.
Inspire Academy Trust say they've been humbled by strong support shown by parents and students, but that the school is operating at only 40% of capacity.
A new campaign aims to help householders learn about the right thing to do with their rubbish and reduce the amount of household waste that is fly tipped by rogue traders who offer to take people’s waste away for money and then dump it.
For their next major fundraiser, Isle of Wight charity Gift to Nature will be taking over Golden Hill Fort Country Park to host on a live music event at the end of May, just a stone’s throw away from the legendary 1970 Isle of Wight Festival site. Book your tickets for the whole family now!
There are three more talks from experts as part of the Isle of Wight Hidden Heroes series at Quay Arts, along with a panel discussion at the end of the month. All talks so far have been fascinating!
Jonathan Dodd returns with his Sunday column and this week talks about the change in season and the arrival of festivals, not the music type, but Halloween, Christmas etc.