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The Island Free School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 45.8 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
47.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.24 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 51[5] 56.2%[5]
2023/24 49.1[3] 50.8%[3] +0.24[3]
2022/23 51.4[6] 60%[6] +0.28[6]
2021/22 48.5[7] 51%[7] +0.01[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
35% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
48% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[8]
Employment
2% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[9] 32%[9] 2%[9] 49%[9] 0%[9] 3%[9]
2020/21 97%[10] 38%[10] 2%[10] 42%[10] 3%[10] 5%[10]
2019/20 98%[11] 29%[11] 5%[11] 55%[11] 3%[11] 4%[11]
2018/19 95%[12] 26%[12] 7%[12] 49%[12] 1%[12] 3%[12]

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
14 Jun 2023[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
31 Jul 2023[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
20 Jun 2017[14] S5 Inspection[14] Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.8 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
308 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
204 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
111 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 276[15] 195[15] 114[15] 2.4[15] 1.7[15]
Entry Sept 2024 307[15] 202[15] 118[15] 2.6[15] 1.7[15]
Entry Sept 2023 335[15] 264[15] 122[15] 2.7[15] 2.2[15]
Entry Sept 2022 283[15] 202[15] 121[15] 2.3[15] 1.7[15]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
625[1]
Trust
ISLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Isle of Wight[1]
Website
http://www.theislandfreeschool.org/[1]
District
Isle of Wight[16]
Postcode
PO38 1BG[1]
URN
140691[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
619 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
1.9% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
12.4% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
4.9% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.4% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
90.9%[18]
Mixed
6.9%[18]
Asian
0.5%[18]
Black
1%[18]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[18]
Unclassified
0.2%[18]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.