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

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 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 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 Ormiston Academy 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.
NameLocationRollWebsite
The Bay Church of England SchoolSandown1,281
Barton Primary SchoolNewport129
Bembridge Church of England Primary SchoolBembridge148
Binstead Primary SchoolBinstead164
Brading Church of England Primary SchoolBrading76
Brighstone Church of England Primary SchoolBrighstone79
Broadlea Primary SchoolSandown181
Carisbrooke Church of England Primary SchoolCarisbrooke232
Chillerton and Rookley Primary SchoolChillerton43
Cowes Primary SchoolCowes277
Dover Park Primary SchoolRyde221
Gatten and Lake Primary SchoolShanklin159
Godshill Primary SchoolGodshill159
Greenmount Primary SchoolRyde149
Gurnard Primary SchoolGurnard166
Haylands Primary SchoolHaylands, Ryde183
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolEast Cowes140
Hunnyhill Ormiston AcademyNewport144
Lanesend Primary SchoolCowes438
Nettlestone Primary SchoolSeaview130
Newchurch Primary SchoolNewchurch144
Newport Church of England Primary SchoolNewport250
Nine Acres Primary SchoolNewport359
Niton Primary SchoolNiton100
Northwood Primary SchoolNorthwood177
Oakfield Church of England Primary SchoolOakfield172
Queensgate Primary SchoolEast Cowes400
St Blasius Shanklin Church of England Primary AcademyShanklin197
St Francis RC & C Primary AcademyVentnor69
St Helens Primary SchoolSt Helens61
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolRyde143
St Saviour's Catholic Primary SchoolTotland111
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolCarisbrooke76
Shalfleet Church of England Primary SchoolNingwood109
Summerfields Primary SchoolNewport104
Wootton Primary SchoolWootton Bridge134
Wroxall Primary SchoolWroxall77

Secondary schools

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.
NameLocationRollAverage GCSE A* - C pass rateWebsite
The Bay Church of England SchoolSandown1,281
Carisbrooke CollegeCarisbrooke1,37567%
Christ the King CollegeCarisbrooke1,57677.1%
Cowes Enterprise CollegeCowes96458%
The Island Free SchoolVentnor621
Medina CollegeNewport1,09458%
Ryde AcademyRyde95549%

Special and alternative schools

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

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

Senior and alternative schools

Special and alternative schools

Former schools

Primary schools

Weston Academy closed in 2015.
Arreton St. George's Primary school and Cowes Primary School Closed in 2025.
Yarmouth Church of England Primary School is now closed.

Middle schools

Previous [List of List of middle schools in England|middle schools in England|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.
There were originally 16 state-maintained middle schools on the Isle of Wight, including two voluntary aided church schools and two controlled church schools. In July 2008, the two voluntary aided middle schools, 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.
NameLocationRollWebsite
Archbishop King Roman Catholic Middle SchoolCarisbrooke360-
Bishop Lovett Church of England Middle SchoolRyde394
Downside Middle SchoolNewport202
Forelands Middle SchoolBembridge214
Lake Middle SchoolShanklin578
Mayfield Church of England Middle SchoolRyde428
Nodehill Middle SchoolNewport641
Osborne Middle SchoolEast Cowes373
Sandham Middle SchoolSandown550
Solent Middle SchoolCowes383
Somerton Middle SchoolCowes278
Swanmore Middle SchoolRyde268
Trinity Church of England Middle SchoolCarisbrooke368
Ventnor Middle SchoolVentnor436
West Wight Middle SchoolFreshwater282

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 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.