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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 15,465 pupils. 42 have enough published data for a score, averaging 3.5 out of 10.

7 have a sixth form. 10 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. 1 is selective and sets an entrance test. How the score works.

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Isle of Wight covers several towns — jump straight to the schools in yours.

Newport 15 schools Ryde 9 schools
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 · Requires improvement Gurnard Primary School Cowes · Not judged Haylands Primary School Ryde · Good Holy Cross Catholic Primary School East Cowes · Requires improvement 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 · Grammar 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

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.

Haylands Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Summerfields Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Niton Primary School Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Northwood Primary School Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bembridge Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Nettlestone Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Blasius Shanklin CofE Primary Academy Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Wootton Community Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

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.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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