The Island Free School
Newport Road, Ventnor, PO38 1BG
Local ranking1st of 7 secondary schools in Isle of Wight
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
625
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 51.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.2%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 93.4%
- EBacc APS
- 4.8
- Cohort Size
- 121
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 619
- Boys
- 310 (50%)
- Girls
- 309 (50%)
- Capacity
- 625 (99% full)
- SEND
- 17.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.4%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 12.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,260/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.2%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Black Caribbean: 1.3%
85.6%
White British
2.4%
Mixed White & Asian
2.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 140691
- UKPRN
- 10046819
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- ISLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL