Christ The King College, Newport

Ofsted's report card from its 12 May 2026 inspection grades Christ The King College on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve broadly in line with national averages."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear understanding about the effectiveness of the curriculum and teaching."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders place a high emphasis on inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Governors and school leaders have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a coherent and well-sequenced curriculum across the full breadth of personal development."

Post-16 provision - Expected standard. "Leaders know students in the sixth form well."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Although attendance has improved at the school, it is still below the national average."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that checks for understanding are consistently and effectively implemented across subjects to ensure that misconceptions are addressed"; "Leaders should embed their attendance strategy fully, so that it results in pupils' high attendance, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities".

In 2026, pupils at Christ The King College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 40.1 in Isle of Wight and 47 across England.

33% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 35% in Isle of Wight and 47% in England.

That is down from 44.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.29: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.8, against 44.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 236 families put Christ The King College as their first choice and 489 named it as one of their preferences, for 230 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 45 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Christ The King College are Carisbrooke College (0.3 miles, Attainment 8 39.1); Medina College (1.7 miles, Attainment 8 36.1); and Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy (4.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.5).

Christ The King College's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Of the 137 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 40% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 111 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 48% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 23% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Wootton (Isle of Wight Steam Railway), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line.

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Christ the King College (adjacent), 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 188 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Isle of Wight (125), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Christ The King College issued 153 suspensions, 14.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Christ The King College are Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Newport Church of England Aided Primary School (0.4 miles) and Nine Acres Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.