The council’s Executive are due to discuss the future of schooling on the Isle of Wight next Tuesday (9th Dec) at their scheduled monthly meeting.
Papers (below) have been issued in advance of the meeting and they’ve brought a strong reaction from David Lisseter, Chairman of Governors at Christ the King College.
Post-16 education
Within the council papers, one of the proposals for discussion is the future of post-16 education on the Island.
There are a number of options listed that include closing many (one of them all) of the sixth form education establishments on the Isle of Wight, to have them replaced by a much reduced number. In one case, just one.
It’s this that has got Chairman of Governors at Christ the King speaking out as follows:
Christ the King College Sixth Form is permanent
Commenting today on a paper going to the Isle of Wight Council Executive Committee on 9th
December, David Lisseter, Chairman of the Governing Body of Christ the King College, says:“Whilst Christ the King College appreciates that the Isle of Wight Council needs to consult about the future organisation of High Schools and Sixth Forms on the Island, it is fundamentally wrong to suggest that under any circumstances the College would agree to give up its Sixth Form. It would not. That will not happen.
It is very misleading, therefore, for the paper being presented to the Executive Committee to include this as one theoretical option.
Parents and students can be absolutely and unequivocally reassured that we will be keeping our Sixth Form as part of our all through 11-18 College. It is also important to point out that, as a Voluntary Aided school, Christ the King College is its own admissions authority.”
Council paper
