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Schools in Isle of Wight

49 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools

Isle of Wight has 47 state schools: 36 primary, 6 secondary, 1 all-through. Between them they teach around 15,698 pupils. 42 have enough published data for a score, averaging 3.4 out of 10.

7 have a sixth form. 11 take children from age three or under. 17 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better

of 37 rated

Average score

3.4

out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

How places are allocated in Isle of Wight

Primary schools: Published LA criteria (LAC, sibling, then GIS straight-line distance) have no catchment-area step. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Arreton St George's Church of England (Aided) Primary School Newport · Not judged Barton Primary School Newport · Not judged Bembridge Church of England Primary School Bembridge · Good Binstead Primary School Ryde · Good Brading Church of England Controlled Primary School Sandown · Good Brighstone Church of England Aided Primary School Newport · Good Broadlea Primary School Sandown · Good Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School Newport · Good Carisbrooke College Newport · Requires improvement Christ The King College Newport · Requires improvement Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy Cowes · Good Dover Park Primary School Ryde, Isle of Wight · Good Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary School Freshwater · Good Gatten and Lake Primary School Shanklin · Good Godshill Primary School Ventnor · Good Greenmount Primary School Ryde Gurnard Primary School Cowes · Not judged Haylands Primary School Ryde · Good Holy Cross Catholic Primary School East Cowes Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy Newport · Not judged Lanesend Primary School Cowes · Not judged Lift Ryde Ryde · Good Medina College Newport · Requires improvement Medina House School Newport Isle of Wight · Good Nettlestone Primary School Seaview · Good Newchurch Primary School Sandown · Good Newport Church of England Aided Primary School Newport · Good Nine Acres Primary School Newport · Outstanding Niton Primary School Ventnor · Good Northwood Primary School Cowes · Good Oakfield Church of England Aided Primary School, Ryde Ryde · Requires improvement Priory School Whippingham Queensgate Foundation Primary East Cowes · Not judged Ryde School with Upper Chine Ryde Shalfleet Church of England Primary School Newport · Good St Blasius Shanklin CofE Primary Academy Shanklin · Good St Catherine's School and College Ventnor · Good St Francis Catholic and Church of England Primary Academy Ventnor · Good St George's School Newport · Good St Helens Primary School Ryde · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School Ryde · Not judged St Saviour's Catholic Primary School Totland Bay · Requires improvement St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Newport · Good Summerfields Primary School Newport · Good The Bay Church of England School Sandown · Good The Island Free School Ventnor · Good The Isle of Wight College Newport · Good Wootton Community Primary School Ryde · Good Wroxall Primary School Ventnor · Not judged

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Newport 15 schools Ryde 9 schools

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	31 October 2027
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	15 January 2028
Sept 2028	Offer day	1 March 2028
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	17 April 2028
Sept 2027	Application deadline	31 October 2026
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	15 January 2027
Sept 2027	Offer day	1 March 2027
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	16 April 2027
Sept 2026	Application deadline	31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	16 April 2026 (passed)

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