Queensgate Foundation Primary

Foundation school·Primary school East Cowes, Isle of Wight·PO32 6PA
Composite score
53.5
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#6,002
National rank
#892
In South East
#4
In Isle of Wight
Top 41%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
42 first choices, 42 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
56
any preference, for 42 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.9620230.9520240.8820251.002026

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

Every child who put Queensgate Foundation Primary 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
388
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,767
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Queensgate Foundation Primary at a glance

Located in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, Queensgate Foundation Primary is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 388 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 8.0 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 top 41% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Queensgate Foundation Primary was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 42 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. Queensgate Foundation Primary 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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