Overview Sandown Bay Academy

Sandown Bay Academy

Principal: Claire Charlemagne

Chair of Local Governing Body: Chris Quirk

Regional Education Adviser: Steve Cottrell

Current Ofsted Grade: Requires Improvement (October 2014)

Previous Ofsted Grade: Special Measures (January 2013)

Date of last 2016/17 DfE Visit (if applicable): 23/01/17

AET Academy Since: September 2011

Local Authority: Isle of Wight

AET Region: South and West

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Overview Sandown Bay Academy

Sandown Bay Academy, formerly Sandown High School, is an academy status

secondary school located in Sandown on the Isle of Wight, England. Since 2012 it
has been sponsored by the Academies Enterprise Trust
Sandown Bay Academy in local market
With a PAN of 1890, the academy has 1163 now on roll
The academy roll has declined steeply from 1,252 in 2012 to
Isle of Wight Studio School
1,054 in 2016
First choices are low at 147 in 2016 against a 270 PAN in
Year 7
Priory School, Isle of Wight It appears that Year 6 cohort is broadly the same, year on
year
Cowes Enterprise College There is a local free school opening, which is a further threat
to pupil numbers and primary schools locally are small,
Carisbrooke College
although the academy has good links with the feeder
Ryde School with Upper primary schools and a certain degree of loyalty from some
Chine local groups.
Ryde Academy is the closest other secondary school and is
Christ The King College Ryde Academy a good school in the same Trust. Christ the King has a
strong reputation on the island and numbers on roll are
Medina College increasing.
Recruitment of good teachers is a challenge, locally
The buildings are in poor shape; need repair and insufficient
funds for rebuild
Sandown Bay Academy Sixth form joint with Ryde. There is strong pastoral support
at SBA and the sixth form has a good reputation for
supporting pupils

5 mile
The Island Free radius
School

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Sociodemographic Factors- Sandown Bay Academy

Sandown Bay Academys pupil characteristics are in line with the local market; its
percentage of first preference applications is low

Pupil Characteristics Admissions and Attendance

Sandown Bay Academy

Local competitor average
National Average 92%
Sandown Bay Academy
99%
94% 91% 96% National Average
84% 86%

10%

7%
5% 5%
34% 31%
29%
14%
14% 11%
Stability Total Absence Persistent
Absence
SEN FSM White English
support British first Admissions Data
Ethnic lanuage
Origin Applications: places ratio 0.93

% of first preferences
54%
applications

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 Market and enrolment Sandown Bay Academy

Sandown Bays enrolment declined significantly more than market at rate of ca.
11.5% p.a.. it also has significant excess capacity at 400 places in a market which
appears to be oversupplied; two new schools opened in 2014

Enrolment, market shares and growth Supply and capacity utilisation

2016 % FSM CAGR 2014 to 2016 Enrolment Excess Total

capacity Capacity
10.6% 8,493 (2.2%)
8,299 Carisbrooke College 930 420 (31%) 1,350
8,129
Carisbrooke
10.6% 1,155
College 1,065 930
(14%) (10.3%) Christ The King College 1,500 0 (0%) 1,500
(13%) (11%)

Christ The King 1,271 Cowes Enterprise College 1,010 575 (36%) 1,585
7.5% 1,375 1,500
College (15%) 8.6%
(17%) (18%)
Isle of Wight Studio School 170 (57%) 300
1,063
987 130
Cowes Enterprise (13%) 1,010
10.5% (12%) (2.5%)
College 73 (12%) Medina College 1,270 380 (23%) 1,650
(1%) 130
Isle of Wight
1,396 (2%)
13.9% 1,375 Studio School
Medina College (16%) 1,270 Ryde Academy 910 690 (43%) 1,600
(17%) (4.6%) opened in 2015
(16%)

14.1% 1,130 Ryde School with Upper Chine 727 129 (15%) 856
Ryde Academy 995 910
(13%) (12%) (10.3%)
(11%)
Ryde and Upper The Island Free School 245 380 (61%) 625
N/A 750 754 727
Chime Independent (1.5%)
131 (9%) (9%) (9%)
School 125 245
154 The Priory
The Priory (2%) (2%) 157 (3%) 157 160
N/A (2%) 9.5% The Island Independent School
Independent School (2%)
1,597 1,396 Free School 3 (2%)
1,250
(19%) (17%) (11.5%) opened in Sandown Bay Academy 1,250 400 (24%) 1,650
12.8% Sandown Bay (15%)
2015

2014 2015 2016 Total 8,129 3,147/ 27.9% 11,276

Latest predicted
is down to 1,157
for Sandown Bay

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Market and enrolment Sandown Bay Academy

Enrolment in the low for the years 7 & 8 and high in the years 10 &11

2016 Enrolment and market shares by year group

1,185
1,142
1,073 200
167 (17%)
1,032
126 (15%)
Carisbrooke College 107
(12%)
(10%) 926
124 206 209
(13%) (18%) (18%)
269
Christ The King College 269
(25%)
(26%)
238 169 154
(26%) (15%) (13%)
594
188 52 80
Cowes Enterprise College 188
(18%) (5%) (7%) 121
(18%)
(20%) 488
Isle of Wight Studio School 190 72
(21%) 237 221
199 (15%)
(21%) (19%) 170
Medina College 192
(19%) (29%) 140
(19%)
174 52 (29%)
Ryde Academy 80 77
(19%) (5%) (7%) 46
125 122 (13%)
The Island Free School (9%)
(12%) (12%) 108
126
259 241 (21%) (22%)
166 200 (23%)
Sandown Bay Academy 154 (20%) 122
(15%) (22%) 100
(15%) (25%)
(17%)
7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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Academic Sandown Bay Academy

Sandown Bays academic performance is very weak in an overall weak market; its
performs in English is slightly better than the other Progress 8 components

Progress 8 performance by component 15/16 Relative Progress 8 performance in local market 15/16

Average: (0.54)

Sandown Bay Academy (0.53)

(0.25)
Carisbrooke College (0.18)
(0.43)
(0.53) (0.51)
Christ The King College 0.06
(0.79)
Overall English Maths Ebacc Open Cowes Enterprise College (0.14)

Isle of Wight Studio School (0.77)

Medina College (0.44)

(0.33) Ryde Academy (0.40)

(0.51) Ryde and Upper N/A

Chime Independent School
N/A
The Island Free School
(1.08)
The Priory Independent School N/A
Science Languages Humanities

Academic outcomes especially in mathematics and the quality of teaching

There is however current traction in mathematics and improvement is evident. This is well and robustly supported from the central team and
intervention is in place to support improvement this summer. Still fragile
The curriculum continues does not consistently meet the needs of a number of key groups, e.g. SEND, disadvantaged, most able and many boys.
Progress 8 is below floor at -0.53 and in all subjects, especially in maths, outcomes are below national.

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Academic Sandown Academy

Sandown Bay scores slightly below average for English and Maths at GCSE,
compared to the local market

% A*-C in both English and mathematics GCSEs

66%

58%

Average: 52% 54% 54%

47%
46%

40%

N/A N/A N/A

Sandown Bay Carisbrooke Christ The Cowes Enterprise Isle of Wight Medina College Ryde Academy Ryde and Upper The Island The Priory
Academy College King College College Studio School Chime Free School Independent
Independent School
School

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Market and enrolment Sandown Bay Academy

Several providers have been able to improve their Ofsted ratings including
Sandown Bay. However, with its current requires improvement rating it is among
the weaker providers in the market
Current Ofsted rating Previous Ofsted rating

Carisbrooke College 3 4

Christ The King College 2 2

Cowes Enterprise College Not yet inspected since conversion 4

Medina College 3 3

Ryde Academy 2 3

Isle of Wight Studio School Not yet inspected Not previously inspected

The Island Free School Not yet inspected Not previously inspected

Ryde and Upper

1 1
Chime Independent School

The Priory Independent School 2 3

Sandown Bay 3 4

The academy has been identified as a coasting school; it is RI and not making rapid enough progress to good.

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Governance Sandown Bay Academy

Sandown Bays Ofsted rating for leadership and management has been RI in
October 2014 and its AET rating is some concerns; the team is small and further
members are required

Governance structure Comments

The MB reverted to an LGB in September

2016
Chris Quirk The small group of governors has the
(Chair) requisite skills and background to support
and challenge effectively
The new COG has much experience of
Paul Brading governance over many years and will lead
the LGB well
Additional capacity is being implemented
to the governance at SBA with members
Governors of the central team with strengths in
education, finance and premises being
Jacqueline seconded to the governing body
Geoff Hanson
Gazzard

AET rating of Governance

Principal

Claire Some concerns

Charlemagne

Latest Ofsted rating for leadership and

governance

Requires improvement
(October 2014)

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Leadership Sandown Bay Academy

Sandown Bay Academy has been RI by Ofsted and AET

Leadership structure Comments

Middle leaders receiving training and

Claire development but outcomes and
Charlemagne teaching in some key areas a concern,
(Principal) especially with regard to key groups of
pupils.
Senior leadership has been
strengthened but continues to need
additional support to take the school
forward.

Vice Principals

Andrew Sam
Hencken Johnston

AET rating of Governance

Lesley
Iain Vickers
Walters

Requires improvement

Latest Ofsted rating for leadership and

governance

Requires improvement

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 Actions Sandown Bay Academy Claire Charlemagne
Area Action Who When short term When medium/ long term Status

Actions Sandown
Review targets Bay Academy IT, BI, BP TBC TBC
Communicate and agree targets with principals Done

Review Post 16 offer and curriculum - is this the right and viable arrangement Principal TBC Review Post 16 offer
for SBA? and curriculum - is this
In progress
6th form discussion captured ins strategic synthesis the right and viable
Academic arrangement for SBA?

Immediate implementation of outstanding teacher programme and middle DCI and by Feb half term
leadership training Gemma 2017 In progress
Andrews

Need to recruit match teachers IT, BP New

Conduct mock Ofsted with heads of department BP New

Enrolment, & Re the market (pupils on island) - define in terms of numbers and distance of BI End of January TBC
Done
market travel in order to identify our potential and what proportion we have now? 2017

Financial 430k restructuring agreed versus initial 850k Principal Implementation for
There might be need for further restructuring but not in this year REA September 2017
In progress
support

High priority for governance restructure In progress

Governance
Comms strategy agreed re: move from local authority board back to MB (urgent)

Bev and Jonathan safeguarding

In progress

There is still a need to build capacity in SLT to drive forward change. Some new
members of the team and a refresh has been commenced, but one member of
Leadership SLT is interim while long term HR issues are still in process
Avoid specific actions in short term because Ofsted visit is upcoming and short In progress
term actions could create too much noise
Send note ahead of next principal meeting to receive people action plan and
review people action plan during next weekend

Comms strategy re: media enquiries about AETs future plans re: Isle of Wight JdS, BP,
schools SC, CH
Other

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Academic Performance - Sandown Bay Academy

Academic performance targets and actions to achieve targets for Sandown Bay

Current Academic targets

Academy Action to improve academic performance
15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19
Performance usually highest in Literature. Moderation, staff training,
English (0.25) (0.03) 0.08 0.20
AQA sessions, student interventions
Short-Term Level 1 intervention
Implementation of a 20-week year 11 scheme of learning from Nov
2016 to May 2017.
Implementation of weekly online student assessment. Diagnostic
Questions developed a bespoke assessment package for AET
academies.
Implementation of fortnightly paper based student assessments.
Standardised mock examination, moderation and analysis in March
2017.
Implementation of a weekly year 11 teacher briefing to discuss; target
students, attendance, gaps weekly assessment, gaps from fortnight
Maths (0.43) (0.22) (0.03) 0.16
assessment, book trawls.
Implementation of weekly raising achievement meeting between SLT
line manager to maths and Head of Maths.

Short-Term Level 2 intervention

Appointment of external consultant (Surinder Wilkhu) for 5-days per
week from October 2016 to June 2017.
Change to the year 11 timetable and teacher allocation following the
Dec 2016 mock examination.
Introduction of rotating tutor time maths for target students.
Introduction of after school revision for target students
Ebacc (0.51)
Open (0.79)
Overall (0.53) (0.37) (0.20) 0.00

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Actions Sandown Bay Academy

Attainment targets and actions to achieve targets for Sandown Bay Academy

Academic targets
Academy Action to improve academic performance
16/17 17/18 18/19
% Grade 4+ English 78% 87% 89% Performance usually highest in Literature. Moderation, staff training, AQA
sessions, student interventions
% Grade 5+ English 55% 54% 60%

% Grade 4+ Mathematics 66% 73% 74% Short-Term Level 1 intervention

Implementation of a 20-week year 11 scheme of learning from Nov 2016 to
May 2017.
Implementation of weekly online student assessment. Diagnostic Questions
developed a bespoke assessment package for AET academies.
Implementation of fortnightly paper based student assessments.
Standardised mock examination, moderation and analysis in March 2017.
Implementation of a weekly year 11 teacher briefing to discuss; target
students, attendance, gaps weekly assessment, gaps from fortnight
assessment, book trawls.
Implementation of weekly raising achievement meeting between SLT line
% Grade 5+ Mathematics 39% 42% 49%
manager to maths and Head of Maths.

Short-Term Level 2 intervention

Appointment of external consultant (Surinder Wilkhu) for 5-days per week
from October 2016 to June 2017.
Change to the year 11 timetable and teacher allocation following the Dec
2016 mock examination.
Introduction of rotating tutor time maths for target students.
Introduction of after school revision for target students

% Grade 5+ GCSE
37% 40% 49%
English & Maths

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