Medina College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Unique reference
150099
Address
Fairlee Road, PO30 2DX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1226 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
45.8%
Girls
54.2%
First language not English
3.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
26%
Persistent absence
41.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.1%
Mixed 2.7%
Other White 2.6%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other Asian 0.7%
African 0.7%
Indian 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.2
Local authority average 41.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.93
Local authority average 3.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE36
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE126
English LiteratureGCSE120
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Medina College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
100
2nd preference
81
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
100
2nd preference
32
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 classes18.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
127
72
55
Year 8
151
81
70
Year 9
166
80
86
Year 10
165
79
86
Year 11
126
71
55
Year 12
241
89
152
Year 13
250
89
161
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
50.0%
50.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
38.0%
36.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
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
52.0%
46.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
9.1%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
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