Carisbrooke College
Academy converter · 615 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.4
Voluntary controlled school
The Bay Church of England School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,232of 1,470 places
- Free school meals
- 29.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 158
- Ofsted
- Good, 21 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Sandown Church of England Primary School (URN 118186, until 1 September 2010); St John's Church of England Primary School Sandown (URN 118187, until 1 September 2010).
What the data says
The Bay Church of England School has no sixth form. Of the 170 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 61% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.3 against 46.1 across England and 41.5 in Isle of Wight, with 27% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 3% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Isle of Wight and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Isle of Wight | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 170 | 1,248 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 28% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 61% | 50% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Isle of Wight | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.3 | 41.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 11% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.02 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 26% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.0 | 30.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.6 | 45.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 10% | 6% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 156 | 99% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 58% |
| English Literature | 155 | 98% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 54% |
| English Language | 155 | 98% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 84 | 53% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 20% |
| Geography | 75 | 47% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 41% |
| Biology | 68 | 43% | 23% | 6% | 45% | 72% |
| Chemistry | 67 | 42% | 23% | 7% | 47% | 85% |
| Physics | 67 | 42% | 23% | 7% | 46% | 82% |
| History | 43 | 27% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 58% |
| Art and Design | 33 | 21% | 7% | 15% | 24% | 33% |
| Sociology | 30 | 19% | 4% | 10% | 21% | 67% |
| Photography | 20 | 13% | 6% | 10% | 19% | 65% |
| Spanish | 16 | 10% | 19% | 25% | 27% | 50% |
| Physical Education | 13 | 8% | 11% | 15% | 24% | 46% |
| French | 9 | 6% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 44% |
| Citizenship Studies | 8 | 5% | 3% | 25% | 19% | 88% |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Tourism | 26 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 19 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 17 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 14 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 11 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Isle of Wight
Christ The King College
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,131 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8
Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,156 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.7
Lift Ryde
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,461 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Medina College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,094 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.2
The Island Free School
Free schools · 613 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.