Schools in Isle of Wight
50 schools in the Isle of Wight local authority.
Schools
50
Open schools
Pupils
16,601
2025–26 census
Good or better
83%
34 of 41 graded
Academic Performance
3.3
out of 10 · 48 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 1 2%
- Good
- 33 80%
- Requires improvement
- 7 17%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade2 superseded by a report card3 not judged
3.3
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 48 of 50 schools that can be scored
Pupils
16,601
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Ethnicity
White
90%Asian
2%Black
2%Mixed
4%Chinese
<1%Any other group
<1%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 47 of 50 schools (15,745 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 25.9%
- First language not English
- 4.8%
- Young carers
- 2.2%
4,072 of 15,745 pupils · 47 of 50 schools
756 of 15,745 pupils · 47 of 50 schools
346 of 15,745 pupils · 47 of 50 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 36
- Secondary
- 7
- All-through
- 1
- Special
- 3
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 2
Top primary schools in Isle of Wight
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Nine Acres Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary9.2/10Outstanding
- 2.Wootton Community Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary7.8/10Good
- 3.Niton Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary7.4/10Good
- 4.Dover Park Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary6.7/10Good
- 5.Bembridge Church of England Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary6.4/10Good
- 6.Gurnard Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary6.3/10
- 7.St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary6.3/10
- 8.Gatten and Lake Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary6.2/10Good
- 9.St Helens Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary6.2/10Good
- 10.Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary6.1/10Good
- 11.Queensgate Foundation PrimaryIsle of Wight · Primary4.1/10
- 12.St Francis Catholic and Church of England Primary AcademyIsle of Wight · Primary3.8/10Good
- 13.Wroxall Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary2.9/10
- 14.St Blasius Shanklin CofE Primary AcademyIsle of Wight · Primary2.6/10Good
- 15.Broadlea Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary2.5/10Good
- 16.Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary2.5/10Good
- 17.Godshill Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary2.5/10Good
- 18.Newchurch Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary2.2/10Good
- 19.Newport Church of England Aided Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary2.1/10Good
- 20.Summerfields Primary SchoolIsle of Wight · Primary1.9/10Good
Top secondary schools in Isle of Wight
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.The Island Free SchoolIsle of Wight · Secondary7.9/10Good
- 2.Ryde AcademyIsle of Wight · Secondary3.6/10Good
- 3.Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston AcademyIsle of Wight · Secondary3.5/10Good
- 4.The Bay Church of England SchoolIsle of Wight · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 5.Christ The King CollegeIsle of Wight · Secondary0.4/10Requires improvement
- 6.Carisbrooke CollegeIsle of Wight · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
- 7.Medina CollegeIsle of Wight · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Isle of Wight
- How many schools are there in Isle of Wight?
- Isle of Wight has 50 open schools — 36 primary, 7 secondary, 3 special, teaching 16,601 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Isle of Wight are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 34 of the 41 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 83% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 1 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 50: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Isle of Wight?
- 3.3 out of 10, averaged across the 48 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Isle of Wight schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 9 schools in Isle of Wight currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Isle of Wight local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Isle of Wight covers 50 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Isle of Wight are eligible for free school meals?
- 25.9% — 4,072 of 15,745 pupils at the 47 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the South East region.