List of schools on the Isle of Wight

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This is a list of schools on the Isle of Wight , England.

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State-funded schools

Primary schools

Chillerton and Rookley Primary School. Chillerton and Rookley Primary School.JPG
Chillerton and Rookley Primary School.
Chale Primary School. Chale Primary School.JPG
Chale Primary School.

There are currently 39 state-maintained primary schools on the Isle of Wight, after Chale Primary School closed in July 2011 following the schools reorganisation - it had a roll of only 20 pupils. Merges also meant that the number of primary schools on the island decreased: St Wilfrids Catholic Primary, St Boniface C of E Primary and St Margarets C of E Primary (all in Ventnor) all closed and reopened as St Francis Catholic and Church of England Primary School on the site of the old Ventnor Middle School in a purpose built, brand new building; St John's C of E Primary (Sandown) and Sandown C of E Primary School merged to become The Bay C of E Primary School, split across both of the former school sites; and East Cowes Primary School and Whippingham Primary School merged to become Queensgate Foundation Primary School on the old Osborne Middle School site. A number of other primary schools also moved to former middle school sites including Gurnard Primary School to the old Solent Middle School site in Cowes, Hunnyhill Primary School to the old Kitbridge Middle School site in Newport, Greenmount Primary to the old Mayfield Middle School site in Ryde, Oakfield C of E Primary School to the old Bishop Lovett Middle School site in Ryde, Bembridge Primary School to the old Forelands Middle School site in Bembridge and Broadlea Primary School to the old Lake Middle School site in Lake. In addition, Haylands Primary School has had a brand new school built on the playing fields of the former Swanmore Middle School in Ryde. [1]

NameLocationRollWebsite
Arreton St Georges Church of England Primary School Arreton 174
The Bay Church of England School Sandown 1,281
Barton Primary School Newport 129
Bembridge Church of England Primary School Bembridge 148
Binstead Primary School Binstead 164
Brading Church of England Primary School Brading 76
Brighstone Church of England Primary School Brighstone 79
Broadlea Primary School Sandown 181
Carisbrooke Church of England Primary School Carisbrooke 232
Chillerton and Rookley Primary School Chillerton 43
Cowes Primary School Cowes 277
Dover Park Primary School Ryde 221
Gatten and Lake Primary School Shanklin 159
Godshill Primary School Godshill 159
Greenmount Primary School Ryde 149
Gurnard Primary School Gurnard 166
Haylands Primary School Haylands, Ryde 183
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School East Cowes 140
Hunnyhill Primary School Newport 144
Lanesend Primary School Cowes 438
Nettlestone Primary School Seaview 130
Newchurch Primary School Newchurch 144
Newport Church of England Primary School Newport 250
Nine Acres Primary School Newport 359
Niton Primary School Niton 100
Northwood Primary School Northwood 177
Oakfield Church of England Primary School Oakfield 172
Queensgate Primary School East Cowes 400
St Blasius Shanklin Church of England Primary Academy Shanklin 197
St Francis RC & C Primary Academy Ventnor 69
St Helens Primary School St Helens 61
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Ryde 143
St Saviour's Catholic Primary School Totland 111
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Carisbrooke 76
Shalfleet Church of England Primary School Ningwood 109
Summerfields Primary School Newport 104
Wootton Primary School Wootton Bridge 134
Wroxall Primary School Wroxall 77
Yarmouth Church of England Primary School Yarmouth 48

Secondary schools

Medina High School, in Newport. Medina High School.JPG
Medina High School, in Newport.

There are currently seven island secondary schools, five of which also have a sixth form. The sixth forms for Carisbrooke College and Medina College are merged, and are based at the new Island Innovation VI Form Campus, on the site of the former Nodehill Middle School in the centre of Newport. The Island Free School and The Bay Church of England School do not operate a sixth form.

NameLocationRollAverage GCSE A* - C pass rate [2] Website
The Bay Church of England School Sandown 1,281
Carisbrooke College Carisbrooke 1,37567%
Christ the King College Newport 157677.1%
Cowes Enterprise College Cowes 96458%
The Island Free School Ventnor 621
Medina College Newport 1,09458% [ permanent dead link ]
Ryde Academy Ryde 95549%

Special and alternative schools

State-maintained special schools on the Isle of Wight include:

Further and higher education

Isle of Wight College acts as the main provider of vocational further education on the island, as well as offers higher education through University Centre Isle of Wight.

Independent schools

Ryde School with Upper Chine. Ryde School main entrance.JPG
Ryde School with Upper Chine.

Senior and alternative schools

Special and alternative schools

Former schools

Primary schools

Weston Academy closed in 2015.

Middle schools

Previous middle schools below have now been phased out during the transition to a two-tier education system. Education on the Island has really suffered since this happened and most of the secondary schools are now deemed unsatisfactory or have gone into special measures.

Nodehill Middle School. Nodehill Middle School.JPG
Nodehill Middle School.
The lower campus of Christ the King College (formerly Trinity Church of England Middle School). Christ the King College upper campus.JPG
The lower campus of Christ the King College (formerly Trinity Church of England Middle School).

There were originally 16 state-maintained middle schools on the Isle of Wight, including two voluntary aided church schools (which were the foundation for the new Christ the King College) and two controlled church schools. In July 2008, the two voluntary aided middle schools (Archbishop King Catholic Middle School and Trinity Church of England Middle School), which are both located on Wellington Road in Carisbrooke, closed and reopened in September of the same year as Christ the King College, and from September 2009, kept on its Year 8 pupils of the previous academic year as Year 9 pupils and started the transition from middle school to secondary school age range. In line with the rest of the Island, September 2009 was the last year in which a Year 5 was admitted to the Christ the King College. Instead, all Year 5 pupils, and then consequently Year 6 pupils, on the island remained in primary schools from September 2010 onwards. Additionally, Kitbridge Middle School became federated with Downside Middle School, and the two schools both became Downside Middle School, but were split across the two separate campuses in Newport; Furrlongs Campus and Kitbridge Campus. [3]

NameLocationRollWebsite
Archbishop King Roman Catholic (voluntary aided) Middle School Carisbrooke 360
Bishop Lovett Church of England (controlled) Middle School Ryde 394
Downside Middle School Newport 202
Forelands Middle School Bembridge 214
Lake Middle School Shanklin 578
Mayfield Church of England (voluntary controlled) Middle School Ryde 428
Nodehill Middle School Newport 641
Osborne Middle School East Cowes 373
Sandham Middle School Sandown 550
Solent Middle School Cowes 383
Somerton Middle School Cowes 278
Swanmore Middle School Ryde 268
Trinity Church of England (voluntary aided) Middle School Carisbrooke 368
Ventnor Middle School Ventnor 436
West Wight Middle School Freshwater 282

All middle schools on the island, other than Christ The King College, closed for pupils as of 21 July 2011. Instead of the four years at middle school, children have been given 2 extra years in primary school and then move straight onto secondary school. Children already in middle school transferred straight to the new secondary schools at the start of the next academic year, whether they are in year 6, 7 or 8.

Secondary schools

Sandown Bay Academy (formerly Sandown High School) closed in 2018. Isle of Wight Studio School closed a year later.

Independent schools

Bembridge School was in operation on the island from 1919 to 1997.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "EduWight - Isle of Wight Primary Schools". www.eduwight.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  2. ↑ "Island Pulse - GCSE Improvement Maintained For Isle of Wight". www.islandpulse.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  3. ↑ "EduWight - Isle of Wight Middle Schools". www.eduwight.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
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