Christ The King College
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,131 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8
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Carisbrooke College
- Pupils on roll
- 615of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 30.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 116
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 23 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Carisbrooke College (URN 136012, until 1 October 2023).
What the data says
Carisbrooke College has no sixth form. Of the 108 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 52% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 48% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.4 against 46.1 across England and 41.5 in Isle of Wight, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French add up to 16% of the year group, and 29% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
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 | Carisbrooke College | Isle of Wight | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 108 | 1,248 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 32% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 52% | 50% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Carisbrooke College | Isle of Wight | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.4 | 41.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.46 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 12% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.3 | 30.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.2 | 45.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 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 | 116 | 100% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 73% |
| English Language | 116 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 49% |
| English Literature | 115 | 99% | 86% | 5% | 21% | 51% |
| Combined Science | 112 | 97% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 51% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 56 | 48% | 8% | 13% | 21% | 70% |
| Business Studies | 51 | 44% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 57% |
| History | 50 | 43% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 62% |
| Geography | 46 | 40% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 50% |
| Fine Art | 28 | 24% | 9% | 14% | 28% | 68% |
| Chinese | 27 | 23% | 1% | 22% | 75% | 52% |
| Drama | 24 | 21% | 7% | 13% | 27% | 79% |
| Design and Technology | 18 | 16% | 11% | 39% | 23% | 72% |
| French | 18 | 16% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 11% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 14% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 56% |
| Music | 14 | 12% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 79% |
| Graphic Communication | 14 | 12% | 1% | 0% | 23% | 64% |
| Biology | 2 | 2% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 47 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 13 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 11 | — | — |
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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.