The Island Free School is a secondary school located in Ventnor. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 21/06/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Newport Road, Ventnor, PO38 1BG
Website: http://www.theislandfreeschool.org/
Telephone: 01983857641
School Type: Free schools
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Isle of Wight
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Steph Boyd
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 140691

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 21/06/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 625
Number of Pupils: 621
Number of Boys: 300
Number of Girls: 321

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.4 Confidence interval -0.63 to -0.17
Of the 121 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 119 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:92%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:46%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.48
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Francis Catholic and Church of England Primary Academy
Newport Road , PO38 1BQ
1out of 4 173 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Wroxall Primary School
Castle Road , Wroxall PO38 3DP
2out of 4 2,007 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Island Free School
Newport Road , PO38 1BG
3out of 4 0 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Catherine's School
Grove Road , PO38 1TT
3out of 4 976 yd Non-maintained special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.