Education President resigns, most of committee follows

Friday 19 January 2018

Deputy Paul Le Pelley, President of Education, Sport & Culture, has resigned, after the two school model amendment was voted through. Three of the other four members of his committee have followed.

The resignations have been tendered with the Bailiff, and an election will soon be held to find replacements.

Deputy Le Pelley and his committee were proposing a three school model, however today, in the States, deputies voted 28-13 in favour of an opposing model.

After its defeat, he announced his resignation in a speech, and that of his Vice-President Deputy Andrea Dudley-Owen.

Deputy Neil Inder, a member of Deputy Le Pelley's committee, resigned earlier in the day, as did Deputy John Gollop.

A later amendment, debated after the two school amendment, proposed another kind of three school model, however that was also defeated 28-11 votes.

Finally, another amendment proposed by Deputy Peter Ferbrache and Jan Kuttelwascher aimed to temporarily restore the 11-plus while the new system was put into place. It was also defeated.

Deputy Matt Fallaize, one of the four deputies to push the two school model, has confirmed he will be standing for Education President.