Two-school vote spells end for ESC committee
A ‘BOLD and brave’ move to an 11-18 education system will be overseen by a new committee after all but one member said they would resign when its preferred three-school option was rejected by the States.
Deputies voted comprehensively in favour of the alternative model by 26 votes to 13.
By the end of the day Education president Paul Le Pelley announced he and his vice-president Andrea Dudley-Owen would not be staying on the committee to take the model forward.
‘We simply cannot be responsible for fleshing these proposals out and bringing [them] back to you,’ he said, calling for Deputies Matt Fallaize, Richard Graham, Rhian Tooley and Mark Dorey to step up and take responsibility for implementing their proposals.
Committee members Deputies John Gollop and Neil Inder also tendered their resignations, but Deputy Lester Queripel said he was not standing down.
The alternative model for secondary and post-16 education was commended for its ‘ambition’, ‘focus on outcomes’ and ‘visionary’ appeal, while it was criticised in some quarters for being bereft of detail and lacking public consultation.
Full coverage in Saturday's Guernsey Press
