Christ The King College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England/Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Unique reference
135552
Address
Wellington Road, PO30 5QT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1047 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
46.4%
Girls
53.6%
First language not English
9.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.7%
Persistent absence
29.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.5%
Mixed 5.8%
Other White 2.8%
Indian 2%
African 2%
Other 1.6%
Other Asian 1.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 41.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.74
Local authority average 3.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award17
Health StudiesTechnical Award18
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
Sports StudiesTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
Classical CivilisationGCSE9
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Christ The King College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
199
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
153
2nd preference
161
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
95
98
Year 8
195
91
104
Year 9
174
71
103
Year 10
167
74
93
Year 11
188
87
101
Year 12
49
26
23
Year 13
77
41
36
Year 14
4
1
3
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
88.2%
85.5%
Further education
43.0%
50.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
44.0%
36.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
SP
0.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
46.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
9.1%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.9%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022