Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy, Cowes

In 2026, pupils at Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 40.1 in Isle of Wight and 47 across England.

44% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 35% in Isle of Wight and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 42.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.07: pupils made about 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 33.7, against 44.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and History.

For September 2026 entry, 175 families put Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy as their first choice and 265 named it as one of their preferences, for 202 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy are Medina College (3.7 miles, Attainment 8 36.1); Carisbrooke College (4.6 miles, Attainment 8 39.1); Christ The King College (4.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 42.3); and Crofton School (6.1 miles, Attainment 8 45.5).

Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy is one of 44 schools run by Ormiston Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41 in 2024/25.

Of the 249 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 45% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 69 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 57% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 22% into work. 30% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7.1% 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 4.1 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Enterprise College (near), 40 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy issued 206 suspensions, 17.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy are Gurnard Primary School (0.6 miles), Lanesend Primary School (0.7 miles), Holy Cross Catholic Primary School (1.2 miles) and Queensgate Foundation Primary (1.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.