Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Freshwater, Isle of Wight·PO40 9AX
Composite score
32.0
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#13,085
National rank
#1957
In South East
#24
In Isle of Wight
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
42%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
29
any preference, for 25 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0320241.0020250.882026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
176
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,803
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary School at a glance

Located in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 176 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 42% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 22.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 22 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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