List of schools on the Isle of Wight

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

State-funded schools

Primary schools

Chillerton and Rookley Primary School.

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.

Name	Location	Roll	Website
Arreton St Georges Church of England Primary School	Arreton	174
The Bay Church of England School	Sandown	1,281	[1]
Barton Primary School	Newport	129	[2]
Bembridge Church of England Primary School	Bembridge	148	[3]
Binstead Primary School	Binstead	164	[4]
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	[5]
Chillerton and Rookley Primary School	Chillerton	43	[6]
Cowes Primary School	Cowes	277	[7]
Dover Park Primary School	Ryde	221
Gatten and Lake Primary School	Shanklin	159	[8]
Godshill Primary School	Godshill	159
Greenmount Primary School	Ryde	149
Gurnard Primary School	Gurnard	166	[9]
Haylands Primary School	Haylands, Ryde	183	[10]
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School	East Cowes	140
Hunnyhill Primary School	Newport	144	[11]
Lanesend Primary School	Cowes	438	[12]
Nettlestone Primary School	Seaview	130	[13]
Newchurch Primary School	Newchurch	144	[14]
Newport Church of England Primary School	Newport	250	[15]
Nine Acres Primary School	Newport	359
Niton Primary School	Niton	100
Northwood Primary School	Northwood	177	[16]
Oakfield Church of England Primary School	Oakfield	172
Queensgate Primary School	East Cowes	400
St Blasius Shanklin Church of England Primary Academy	Shanklin	197	[17]
St Francis RC & C Primary Academy	Ventnor	69
St Helens Primary School	St Helens	61
St Mary's Catholic Primary School	Ryde	143	[18]
St Saviour's Catholic Primary School	Totland	111
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School	Carisbrooke	76	[19]
Shalfleet Church of England Primary School	Ningwood	109	[20]
Summerfields Primary School	Newport	104	[21]
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.

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.

Name	Location	Roll	Average GCSE A* - C pass rate	Website
The Bay Church of England School	Sandown	1,281		[22]
Carisbrooke College	Carisbrooke	1,375	67%	[23]
Christ the King College	Carisbrooke	1,576	77.1%	[24]
Cowes Enterprise College	Cowes	964	58%	[25]
The Island Free School	Ventnor	621		[26]
Medina College	Newport	1,094	58%	[27]
Ryde Academy	Ryde	955	49%	[28]

Special and alternative schools

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

• Island Learning Centre (Pupil Referral Unit)
• Medina House School
• St George's School

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.

Senior and alternative schools

• Priory School
• Ryde School with Upper Chine

Special and alternative schools

• OEA Education
• St Catherines School

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.

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.

Name	Location	Roll	Website
Archbishop King Roman Catholic (voluntary aided) Middle School	Carisbrooke	360
Bishop Lovett Church of England (controlled) Middle School	Ryde	394	[29]
Downside Middle School	Newport	202	[30]
Forelands Middle School	Bembridge	214	[31]
Lake Middle School	Shanklin	578	[32]
Mayfield Church of England (voluntary controlled) Middle School	Ryde	428	[33]
Nodehill Middle School	Newport	641	[34]
Osborne Middle School	East Cowes	373	[35]
Sandham Middle School	Sandown	550	[36]
Solent Middle School	Cowes	383	[37]
Somerton Middle School	Cowes	278	[38]
Swanmore Middle School	Ryde	268	[39]
Trinity Church of England (voluntary aided) Middle School	Carisbrooke	368
Ventnor Middle School	Ventnor	436	[40]
West Wight Middle School	Freshwater	282	[41]

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

• Education on the Isle of Wight
• Education in England
• List of schools in the South East of England

External links

• EduWight - Schools on the Isle of Wight