Medina College

Academy converter·Secondary school Newport, Isle of Wight·PO30 2DX
Composite score
44.0
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#2,983
National rank
#444
In South East
#7
In Isle of Wight
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
35.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
30%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
46%
% EBacc grade 5+
7%
EBacc average points score
2.93

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
53 first choices, 109 places
First choices per place
0.49
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
117
any preference, for 109 places

Every child who put Medina College 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
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,226
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
5.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,679
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
157 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Medina College at a glance

Located in Newport, Isle of Wight, Medina College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,226 pupils aged 11 to 19. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 35.2 — well below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.4 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

30% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 46% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Medina College their first choice was offered one of its 109 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. There are about 18.5 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Medina College, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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