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Isle Of Wight Families Lose Cowes Enterprise College Place Appeals

Friday, 28 May 2021 17:31

By Oliver Dyer @olidyer

Seventeen families have been unsuccessful in their attempts to win a place at Cowes Enterprise College (CEC).

The Independent Appeals Service has confirmed all appeals to get into the school have been rejected, despite some applicants living within walking distance.

As Isle of Wight Radio previously reported, the school said it didn't have enough places for every student wanting to get in.

It comes three years after CEC cut its pupil intake from 270 to 210.

Some of the parents appealing to get into Cowes Enterprise College, alongside ward Cllr Richard Quigley and Parish Cllr John Nicholson.

Parents had pleaded with Ormiston Academy Trust, which runs the site, to follow Ryde Academy and Sandown's The Bay CE Academy in taking on extra pupils.

Ryde, which has a PAN of 270, has accepted an extra 22 pupils, some of whom live less than two miles away, and also have siblings at the school.

While lagged funding can allow for more pupils, no additional funds are available at County Hall.

It has meant both Ryde and The Bay have taken on more pupils out of their own, already-stretched budget.

WATCH: Pupils' plea to be let into CEC:

Isle of Wight Radio has asked the Ormiston Academy Trust for a comment.

On the Island, 21 per cent didn't get their first choice secondary school.

And around 10 per cent of parents missed out on a place at any one of their preferred secondary schools.

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