South East
Secondary schools in Isle of Wight
50 schools, 16,554 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 37.3.
Ofsted across Isle of Wight
Good27
Requires improvement6
Outstanding1
No overall grade16
34 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 16 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Isle of Wight
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Island Free SchoolFree schools | Ventnor | Good 2023 | 51 |
| Christ The King CollegeVoluntary aided school | Newport | Requires improvement 2023 | 44.8 |
| Lift RydeAcademy sponsor led | Ryde | Good 2022 | 43.8 |
| Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Cowes | Good 2023 | 42.7 |
| Carisbrooke CollegeAcademy converter | Newport | Requires improvement 2023 | 41.4 |
| The Bay Church of England SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Sandown | Good 2023 | 38.3 |
| Medina CollegeAcademy converter | Newport | Requires improvement 2020 | 35.2 |