Council to appoint Cowes governor

Lee Majors
Last time I checked, Ofsted praised the trust and the Governors for the way they were handling the situation, it is mentioned in the report - I recommend you read it!
The Ofsted failure and the issues with the new build are totally separate, it's just a shame it's not been made clearer.
Angry parents are jumping on the first thing they can shout at, yes its regrettable that the build is taking longer than it should have, but they are separate issues. The failings were with the teaching, simple as that.

Oh dear,here we go again. Secrets,Secrets, and Lies. So the council has appointed a new governor, does this mean the idiot Wells will no longer be a governor? Who is this new governor? The council know who he is, why can't we? Lets keep those who really matter, parents, the public, and don't forget the most important ones, the pupils in the dark. Hopefully the idiot Wells can be relieved of his duties when the time comes in a few weeks for the public to have their say. I can't see the incompetent Pugh going but we can hope for miracles, can't we?

Mr Justice.
Simply let Christ the King use the Cowes Enterprise buildings that are sat there doing nothing but gathering dust!
If the LA is planning to parachute a new governor in at this point then they (IWC) are up to something once again. No LA appointments should be allowed till after the elections in May to ensure that the school, pupils, staff and community benefit in stability and continuity through these difficult times.
Christ the King have managed their standards and created a real lift for certain island children with their current facilities, just imagine what they could achieve with a bigger canvas and better buildings? What is there to loose - apart from a few Tory egos?

If Pugh or anyone in this council is involved the choice of a new govener, then that does not bode well for this school or its pupils, another Brainwashing centre for EU marxist rules and agenda

Classic spin, political smoke and mirrors. Pugh and Wells are Leader and Chairman of the Tories respectively. They seem to be best mates too, so any intervention at Cowes looks to be on an old pals act basis? Medina staff tell me they expect to fail their Ofsted too. Christ the King is the only adequate school left. How sad for the students but my goodness, what an embarrassing situation for local Tories just weeks before the election.

These are weasel words, Mr Beynon, but wholly predictable. Those of us who remember the start-up difficulties attending the great re-organisation of Island education in the 70s warned that re-structuring on the scale and in the manner undertaken would bring worse results and chaos instead of the benefits trumpeted. As this sadly came to be, we predicted next that the middle schools and their former staff would be the first held up for blame. This seems to be the implication of the quotes above. It is outrageous to pin the blame on excellent staff whom you should instead be supporting. If the system was doing better pre-organisation than now, then blame belongs with the people who decided on change, not those caught up in it. If fault lies with inadequate governing bodies, then blame lies with Local Authority leadership that rushed to divest itself of involvement, handing over instead to non-professional volunteers not necessarily qualified for such responsibilities.

Blah, Blah, Blah. I see Beynon' lips moving but can not understand a single thing he is saying. Perhaps it is because he fits into the "Dead Man Walking" category?

While Beynon, Pugh, Brown, Wells and Love fiddle our schools burn. It is time the parents and students at these schools make their voices heard and present their demands to Ofsted. Failing that Boycott comes to mind

What is Kent going to do for us that Roger Edwardson and Janet Newton could not? After all they were very highly praised by Pugh and Beynon

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