Medina College
Fairlee Road, Newport, PO30 2DX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Jess Paul
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- HISP Multi Academy Trust Ltd
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,650
- Pupils on roll
- 1,094
- URN
- 150099
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01983526523
About this school
Medina College is a secondary academy in Newport. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,094 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Medina College, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Medina College (URN 136010).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 126 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.2 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 15.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
How Medina College compares
Medina College ranked 7th of 7 secondary schools in Isle of Wight for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.2 | 14.8% | 35.8% | 1,094 | — |
| 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 |
| King's Academy Bay House | 43.8 | 9.3% | 23.6% | 2,036 | 7.3 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.78%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 14.82%
- Persistent absence
- 42.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
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
-
King's Academy Bay House7.3 miles
Secondary · Gosport
Other schools in Newport
- Carisbrooke College Secondary
- Christ The King 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
- Summerfields Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Medina College teach?
- Medina College teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Newport.
- Who is the head teacher of Medina College?
- The head teacher of Medina College is Mrs Jess Paul, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Medina College been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Medina College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Medina College?
- Medina College has 1,094 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Medina College full?
- Medina College has capacity for 1,650 pupils and 1,094 on roll (66%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Medina College a faith school?
- No. Medina College has no designated religious character.
- Is Medina College a selective school?
- No. Medina College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Medina College part of an academy trust?
- Medina College is part of HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Medina College have?
- The schools register lists Medina College's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How does Medina College compare with other schools in Isle of Wight?
- Medina College ranked 7th of 7 secondary schools in Isle of Wight for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Medina College's absence rate?
- Medina College's overall absence rate is 14.8% in the latest published census.
- 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 2026.