The chairman of Ofsted is facing calls to resign after he said the Isle of Wight is an "inbred, poor, white ghetto".

David Hoare used the words to describe one of England’s worst-performing educational areas.

The former City businessman linked the low attainment among pupils with the island’s social issues, including crime.

Mr Hoare, who has a home near the island, told teachers that he lives "seven miles away" from "a ghetto", the Times Educational Supplement reported.

The local councillor said Ofsted chairman’s comments were "ill-judged" and the local Green Party education spokesman called for his immediate resignation.