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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Isle of Wight GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 7 state secondary schools in Isle of Wight, 1,140 pupils. Isle of Wight ranks 150 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 2.4 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
35.1%
12.7 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
6.1%
8.6 pts below England
Attainment 8
40.2
7.4 points below England
Council rank
150 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Isle of Wight at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: The Island Free School (45.8).
- Schools range from 32.0 to 45.8 on Attainment 8, a spread of 13.8 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 32.1, 11.1 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Ryde Academy (36.2).
Every Isle of Wight secondary school, ranked
Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths
| # | School | Pupils | Attainment 8 | vs 2025 | Grade 4+ E&M | Grade 5+ E&M | Grade 7+ E&M | Disadvantaged A8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Island Free School | 119 | 45.8 | −5.2 | 73.1% | 47.1% | 9.2% | 35.9 |
| 2 | Ryde Academy | 243 | 43.2 | −0.6 | 63.8% | 42.4% | 8.2% | 36.2 |
| 3 | Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy | 169 | 42.5 | −0.2 | 71.6% | 44.4% | 10.1% | 33.7 |
| 4 | Christ The King CollegeChurch of England/Roman Catholic | 166 | 42.3 | −2.5 | 54.8% | 33.1% | 4.8% | 35.8 |
| 5 | Carisbrooke College | 119 | 39.1 | −2.3 | 49.6% | 34.5% | 5.0% | 30.8 |
| 6 | Medina College | 156 | 36.1 | +0.9 | 43.6% | 28.2% | 3.8% | 25.6 |
| 7 | The Bay Church of England SchoolChurch of England | 168 | 32.0 | −6.3 | 33.9% | 15.5% | 1.2% | 27.7 |
| England average | 47.6 | 66.8% | 47.8% | 14.7% | 37.7 |
Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.
Isle of Wight against the rest of the South East
- Wokingham64.1%
- Buckinghamshire61.6%
- Slough58.9%
- Surrey56.4%
- Reading55.6%
- West Berkshire52.2%
- Brighton and Hove50.1%
- Windsor and Maidenhead49.7%
- Kent49.3%
- Bracknell Forest48.9%
- West Sussex48.4%
- Oxfordshire47.9%
- Hampshire46.0%
- East Sussex45.5%
- Milton Keynes45.4%
- Medway43.6%
- Southampton37.0%
- Portsmouth35.8%
- Isle of Wight35.1%
Reading these figures
- Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
- There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
- These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
- Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.