The Bay Church of England School[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 4–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 32 32.0 2025/26[2]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 57% 57% 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 32 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 15.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 1.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.48 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	38.3[6]	26.6%[6]
2023/24	38.2[4]	33.1%[4]	-0.48[4]
2022/23	37.4[7]	28%[7]	-0.30[7]
2021/22	38.4[8]	23%[8]	-0.64[8]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 57% 2024/25[3]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 7% 2024/25[3]
Reading, average scaled score: 103 2024/25[3]
Maths, average scaled score: 103 2024/25[3]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[9]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	50%[10]	0%[10]	101[10]	102[10]
2022/23	56%[11]	0%[11]	102[11]	103[11]
2018/19	67%[12]	13%[12]	106[12]	106[12]
2017/18	51%[13]	8%[13]	103[13]	103[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 28% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 61% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 3% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	93%[15]	17%[15]	0%[15]	69%[15]	1%[15]	5%[15]
2020/21	96%[16]	35%[16]	1%[16]	49%[16]	4%[16]	6%[16]
2019/20	93%[17]	27%[17]	5%[17]	57%[17]	1%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	97%[18]	24%[18]	4%[18]	60%[18]	2%[18]	5%[18]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 21 Feb 2023[19]
Type: S5 Inspection[19]
Report published: 26 Apr 2023[19]
Personal development: Good[19]
Quality of education: Good[19]
Overall effectiveness: Good[19]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[19]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[19]
Early years provision (where applicable): Good[19]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[19]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
20 Feb 2018[20]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[20]	No overall grade[20]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[21]
Applications (any preference): 256 Entry Sept 2026[21]
First preferences: 137 Entry Sept 2026[21]
Places offered: 190 Entry Sept 2026[21]
First preferences per place: 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[21]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	241[21]	128[21]	182[21]	1.3[21]	0.7[21]
Entry Sept 2024	276[21]	149[21]	205[21]	1.3[21]	0.7[21]
Entry Sept 2023	254[21]	137[21]	209[21]	1.2[21]	0.7[21]
Entry Sept 2022	256[21]	147[21]	178[21]	1.4[21]	0.8[21]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[21]
Applications (any preference): 47 Entry Sept 2026[21]
First preferences: 37 Entry Sept 2026[21]
Places offered: 37 Entry Sept 2026[21]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[21]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	61[21]	39[21]	43[21]	1.4[21]	0.9[21]
Entry Sept 2024	46[21]	31[21]	31[21]	1.5[21]	1.0[21]
Entry Sept 2023	64[21]	46[21]	46[21]	1.4[21]	1.0[21]
Entry Sept 2022	64[21]	48[21]	48[21]	1.3[21]	1.0[21]

Character & practicalities

Type: Voluntary controlled school[1]
Ages: 4–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Capacity: 1470[1]
Local authority: Isle of Wight[1]
Website: www.bayceschool.org [1]
District: Isle of Wight [22]
Postcode: PO36 9BA[1]
URN: 136013[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1249 2024/25[23]
English as an additional language: 6.5% 2024/25[23]
SEN support: 15.8% 2024/25[23]
EHC plan: 5.1% 2024/25[23]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 26.5% 2024/25[23]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 91.8%[24]
Mixed: 4%[24]
Asian: 2%[24]
Black: 0.6%[24]
Any other ethnic group: 0.3%[24]
Unclassified: 1.3%[24]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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