Carisbrooke College
Mountbatten Drive, Newport, PO30 5QU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD
- Headteacher
- Ms Natalie Sheppard
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- HISP Multi Academy Trust Ltd
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 615
- URN
- 150100
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01983524651
About this school
Carisbrooke College is a secondary academy in Newport. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 615 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Carisbrooke College (URN 136012).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 116 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.4 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 29.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 |
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 Carisbrooke College compares
Carisbrooke College ranked 5th of 7 secondary schools in Isle of Wight for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 43% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.4 | 9.4% | 25.8% | 615 | — |
| Christ The King College | 44.8 | 10.3% | 27.8% | 1,131 | 0.3 miles |
| Medina College | 35.2 | 14.8% | 35.8% | 1,094 | 1.8 miles |
| Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy | 42.7 | 10.9% | 22.6% | 1,156 | 4.6 miles |
| Lift Ryde | 43.8 | 10.3% | 27.6% | 1,461 | 6.4 miles |
| The Island Free School | 51 | 6.9% | 20.4% | 613 | 7.9 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)
- 25.75%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 9.35%
- Persistent absence
- 26.69%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Christ The King College0.3 miles
Secondary · Newport
-
Medina College1.8 miles
Secondary · Newport
-
Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy4.6 miles
Secondary · Cowes
-
Lift Ryde6.4 miles
Secondary · Ryde
-
The Island Free School7.9 miles
Secondary · Ventnor
Other schools in Newport
- 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
- Summerfields Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Carisbrooke College teach?
- Carisbrooke College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Newport.
- Who is the headteacher of Carisbrooke College?
- The headteacher of Carisbrooke College is Ms Natalie Sheppard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Carisbrooke College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Carisbrooke 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 big is Carisbrooke College?
- Carisbrooke College has 615 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Carisbrooke College full?
- Carisbrooke College has capacity for 600 pupils and 615 on roll (102%), so it is at or above 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 Carisbrooke College a faith school?
- No. Carisbrooke College has no designated religious character.
- Is Carisbrooke College a selective school?
- No. Carisbrooke College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Carisbrooke College?
- Carisbrooke 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 Carisbrooke College have?
- The schools register lists Carisbrooke College's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How does Carisbrooke College rank locally?
- Carisbrooke College ranked 5th of 7 secondary schools in Isle of Wight for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 43% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Carisbrooke College's absence rate?
- Carisbrooke College's overall absence rate is 9.4% in the latest published census.
- What are Carisbrooke College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Carisbrooke 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.