Medina College
Fairlee Road, Newport, PO30 2DX
This school is closed (it closed in June 2024).
It was replaced by Medina College. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Head Teacher
- Mr Matthew Parr-Burman
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,650
- Pupils on roll
- 1,271
- URN
- 136010
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
About this school
Medina College was a foundation secondary school in Newport. It taught children aged 11 to 19 and had 1,271 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Medina College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2011, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 157 | 142 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.5 | 33.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.62 -0.84 to -0.39 | -0.68 -0.92 to -0.45 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 26.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% | 43.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 13.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Trends over time
How Medina College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Isle of Wight average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35.5 | 36.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.8 | 35.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,361 |
| 2023/24 | 1,271 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Medina College compares
Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 13.6% | 32.9% | 1,271 | — |
| Medina College | 35.2 | 14.8% | 35.8% | 1,094 | 0.0 miles |
| Christ The King College | 44.8 | 10.3% | 27.8% | 1,131 | 1.7 miles |
| Carisbrooke College | 41.4 | 9.4% | 25.8% | 615 | 1.8 miles |
| Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy | 42.7 | 10.9% | 22.6% | 1,156 | 3.7 miles |
| Lift Ryde | 43.8 | 10.3% | 27.6% | 1,461 | 4.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.9%
- English as an additional language
- 2.8%
- Overall absence
- 13.6%
- Persistent absence
- 42.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Medina College0.0 miles
Secondary · Newport
-
Christ The King College1.7 miles
Secondary · Newport
-
Carisbrooke College1.8 miles
Secondary · Newport
-
Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy3.7 miles
Secondary · Cowes
-
Lift Ryde4.8 miles
Secondary · Ryde
Other schools in Newport
- Carisbrooke College Secondary
- Christ The King College Secondary
- Medina College Secondary
- Arreton St George's Church of England (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Barton Primary School Primary
- Brighstone Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy Primary
- Newport Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Nine Acres Primary School Primary
- Shalfleet Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Medina College teach?
- Medina College taught children aged 11 to 19. It was a secondary school in Newport.
- Has Medina College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Medina College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Medina College?
- Medina College had 1,271 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- How have Medina College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.5 in 2022/23 and 33.8 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Medina College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Medina College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2024.