Five Islands School
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The Five Islands School is the first federated school
in the United Kingdom, providing primary and secondary education for children from 3-16 at five sites across the Isles of Scilly
.
The primary school bases are:
Carn Thomas Secondary Base, on St Mary's, provides secondary education up to GCSE.
Secondary pupils from the other islands are given free board at Mundesley Hostel from Mondays to Thursdays, returning home on the weekends.
These were formerly five separate schools.
While the smaller schools were praised by inspectors, the two larger schools on St Mary's were judged as inadequate.
In response, the government forced a fresh start as a federated school, which opened in April 2002 and subsequently the other off islands bases were also federated.
An inspection in June and July 2003 again found the standard of education at the St Mary's sites to be inadequate, and the school was placed in special measures
until 2005.
Under a succession of heads, the school has become a successful and cohesive federation, judged "outstanding" by the Office for Standards in Education
(Ofsted) in 2007.
The school's GCSE results are now the highest in South West England.
In 2008, the school was given funding of £13 million to rebuild a new 3-16 school on a site adjacent to Carn Gwaval Primary School.
Federated school
An affiliated school is an educational institution that operates independently, but also has a formal collaborative agreement with another, usually larger institution that may have some level of control or influence over its academic policies, standards or programs.While a university may have one...
in the United Kingdom, providing primary and secondary education for children from 3-16 at five sites across the Isles of Scilly
Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...
.
The primary school bases are:
- Carn Gwaval Primary Base, on St Mary's
- Tresco and Bryher Base, on Tresco
- St Martin'sSt Martin's, Isles of ScillySt Martin's is the northernmost populated island of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. It has an area of .-Description:There are three main settlements on the island - Higher Town, Middle Town and Lower Town - in addition to a number of scattered farms and cottages, with a total population of...
Base - St Agnes Base
Carn Thomas Secondary Base, on St Mary's, provides secondary education up to GCSE.
Secondary pupils from the other islands are given free board at Mundesley Hostel from Mondays to Thursdays, returning home on the weekends.
These were formerly five separate schools.
While the smaller schools were praised by inspectors, the two larger schools on St Mary's were judged as inadequate.
In response, the government forced a fresh start as a federated school, which opened in April 2002 and subsequently the other off islands bases were also federated.
An inspection in June and July 2003 again found the standard of education at the St Mary's sites to be inadequate, and the school was placed in special measures
Special measures
Special measures is a status applied by Ofsted and Estyn, the schools inspection agencies, to schools in England and Wales, respectively, when it considers that they fail to supply an acceptable level of education and appear to lack the leadership capacity necessary to secure improvements...
until 2005.
Under a succession of heads, the school has become a successful and cohesive federation, judged "outstanding" by the Office for Standards in Education
Office for Standards in Education
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
(Ofsted) in 2007.
The school's GCSE results are now the highest in South West England.
In 2008, the school was given funding of £13 million to rebuild a new 3-16 school on a site adjacent to Carn Gwaval Primary School.