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Voluntary aided school · Isle of Wight

Christ The King College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,131Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of England/Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135552URN

Wellington Road, Newport, PO30 5QT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.8 above Isle of Wight median (1.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Isle of Wight

489 applications for 230 places · 3rd of 7 in Isle of Wight
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.3of 90
4th of 7 in Isle of Wight
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 28 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.8 above Isle of Wight median (1.4) close to England median (2.2)

489 applications · 230 places offered · 236 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.1; Isle of Wight median median 1.4
  2. 2025 1.8; Isle of Wight median median 1.4
  3. 2024 1.6; Isle of Wight median median 1.4
  4. 2023 1.4; Isle of Wight median median 1.4
  5. 2022 1.4; Isle of Wight median median 1.4
  6. 2021 1.2; Isle of Wight median median 1.4
  7. 2020 1.6; Isle of Wight median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.8; Isle of Wight median median 1.4
  9. 2018 1.6; Isle of Wight median median 1.4
  10. 2017 1.6; Isle of Wight median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.5; Isle of Wight median median 1.4
  12. 2015 1.7; Isle of Wight median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.8; Isle of Wight median median 1.3
  • This school
  • Isle of Wight median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262304892.12361.03
Sep 20251993511.81530.77
Sep 20241872911.61180.63
Sep 20231792551.4990.55
Sep 20221792481.4960.54
Sep 20211561911.2720.46
Sep 20201702721.61350.79
Sep 20191081941.8910.84
Sep 20182343661.62060.88
Sep 20172664141.62450.92
Sep 20162553811.52430.95
Sep 20152574481.73121.21
Sep 20142654791.83621.37

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

166 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.34th of 7 in Isle of Wight
Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%5th of 7 in Isle of Wight
Grade 4 or above in English and maths55%
  • This school
  • Isle of Wight median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.29
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16642.333%55%–
2024/2518844.842%63%–
2023/2413741.340%58%−0.29
2022/2320441.029%56%−0.49

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135552 · 921/4604
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England/Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,700 pupils · 1,131 on roll
Free school meals
27.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2008
Address
Wellington Road, Newport, PO30 5QT
Local authority
Isle of Wight

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources