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Best primary schools in Isle of Wight

35 of 36 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Isle of Wight schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Shalfleet Church of England Primary School Newport 75.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Dover Park Primary School Ryde, Isle of Wight 73.0% Good oversubscribed 1.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School Newport 69.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Niton Primary School Ventnor hidden gem 68.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Queensgate Foundation Primary East Cowes 68.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Nine Acres Primary School Newport 67.0% Outstanding improving about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Binstead Primary School Ryde 63.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Gatten and Lake Primary School Shanklin hidden gem 63.0% Good improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Gurnard Primary School Cowes 62.0% Not judged about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Nettlestone Primary School Seaview hidden gem 62.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Newchurch Primary School Sandown 60.0% Good improving about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Newport Church of England Aided Primary School Newport 59.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Wootton Community Primary School Ryde hidden gem 59.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Arreton St George's Church of England (Aided) Primary School Newport 58.0% Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Bembridge Church of England Primary School Bembridge hidden gem 54.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 St Francis Catholic and Church of England Primary Academy Ventnor 53.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Summerfields Primary School Newport hidden gem 52.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Oakfield Church of England Aided Primary School, Ryde Ryde 51.0% Requires improvement declining undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Northwood Primary School Cowes hidden gem 50.0% Good improving about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Haylands Primary School Ryde hidden gem 49.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Godshill Primary School Ventnor 48.0% Good oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Ryde 48.0% Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 St Helens Primary School Ryde 47.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Wroxall Primary School Ventnor 46.0% Not judged declining about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Barton Primary School Newport 42.0% Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary School Freshwater hidden gem 42.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Brading Church of England Controlled Primary School Sandown 40.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 St Blasius Shanklin CofE Primary Academy Shanklin hidden gem 40.0% Good improving about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Brighstone Church of England Aided Primary School Newport 38.0% Good oversubscribed 1.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Lanesend Primary School Cowes 37.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Newport 37.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Holy Cross Catholic Primary School East Cowes 35.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Greenmount Primary School Ryde 32.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Broadlea Primary School Sandown 27.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 St Saviour's Catholic Primary School Totland Bay 6.0% Requires improvement declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Isle of Wight

1 further primary school with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Isle of Wight, not a fairer one.

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