Carisbrooke College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
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
150100
Address
Mountbatten Drive, PO30 5QU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
598 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
1%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.9%
Persistent absence
26.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.5%
Mixed 2.8%
Other White 1.2%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 29%
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 41.3
Local authority average 41.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.46
Local authority average 3.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award47
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE2
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChineseGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE116
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Carisbrooke College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
113
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
172
2nd preference
158
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
111
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
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 classes26.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
123
72
51
Year 8
120
62
58
Year 9
122
59
63
Year 10
118
58
60
Year 11
115
63
52
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.2%
85.5%
Further education
52.0%
50.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
32.0%
36.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023