Medina College
Newport, PO30 2DX · Isle of Wight · secondary school
7th of 7 secondary schools in Isle of Wight we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 1.9/10 against 631 of them, against 1.5/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 30.2 · 18 | 45% | 0.79 |
| Ofsted | 5 | 40% | 0.22 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 35.2 · 6 | 15% | 0.09 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 30.2% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 35.2, against a national median of 44.6. Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in July 2024. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (1.9 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.5 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and travel to Eswatini and Mozambique.
Getting in. There are 1226 pupils in a school with 1650 places, leaving 424 spare places. The school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils in raising their Attainment 8 scores towards the national median? What specific actions are being taken to address the "Requires improvement" rating? How does the large number of spare places affect the size of teaching groups?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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