The Island Free School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 15 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Unique reference
140691
Address
Newport Road, PO38 1BG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
623 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
2.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.5%
Persistent absence
17.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.2%
Mixed 6.3%
Other White 2.7%
African 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 98%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.4
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.9
Local authority average 3.47
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE12
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE10
BiologyGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE46
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
DanceGCSE5
English LanguageGCSE123
English LiteratureGCSE123
FrenchGCSE42
GeographyGCSE44
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Island Free School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
118
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
202
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
117
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
125
67
58
Year 8
126
62
64
Year 9
125
64
61
Year 10
125
64
61
Year 11
122
56
66
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
87.5%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
45.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
38.0%
39.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
0.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
7.0%
1.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022