Carisbrooke College
- Secondary
- Academy converter
- Ages 11 to 16
URN 150100 · Isle of Wight · HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD
Inspection
Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.
Latest graded inspection
23 May 2023Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3
Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.
Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.
Attendance
Against Isle of Wight and England, secondary schools.
Overall absence
2024/259.4%
- Isle of Wight
- 10.0%
- England
- 8.4%
1.0 percentage point higher than England.
Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Persistent absence
2024/2526.7%
- Isle of Wight
- 29.3%
- England
- 23.4%
3.3 percentage points higher than England.
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Severe absence
2024/254.5%
- Isle of Wight
- 5.7%
- England
- 3.9%
0.6 percentage points higher than England.
Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions
Against Isle of Wight and England, secondary schools.
Suspensions per 100 pupils
2024/2511.71
- Isle of Wight
- 24.37
- England
- 21.24
9.53 lower than England.
Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
2024/250.00
- Isle of Wight
- 0.24
- England
- 0.23
0.23 lower than England.
Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Key stage 4 results
Against Isle of Wight and England, secondary schools.
Attainment 8
2025/26 (provisional)39.1
- Isle of Wight
- 40.2
- England
- 47.4
8.3 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Isle of Wight | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 44.8 | 49.8 |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 41.8 | 47.2 |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 42.2 | 46.9 |
| 2024/25 | 41.4 | 42.6 | 47.1 |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 39.1 | 40.2 | 47.4 |
The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 4 or above
2025/26 (provisional)50%
- Isle of Wight
- 56%
- England
- 66%
16 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Isle of Wight | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 63% | 70% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 59% | 67% |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 60% | 67% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 61% | 66% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 50% | 56% | 66% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 5 or above
2025/26 (provisional)35%
- Isle of Wight
- 35%
- England
- 48%
13 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Isle of Wight | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 41% | 51% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 37% | 46% |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 40% | 47% |
| 2024/25 | 30% | 38% | 47% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 35% | 35% | 48% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
Pupils
Against Isle of Wight and England, secondary schools.
Eligible for free school meals
2024/2524.9%
- Isle of Wight
- 24.1%
- England
- 25.8%
0.9 percentage points lower than England.
Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
SEN support
2024/2513.0%
- Isle of Wight
- 16.3%
- England
- 13.4%
0.4 percentage points lower than England.
Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Education, health and care plan
2024/2510.2%
- Isle of Wight
- 4.6%
- England
- 3.1%
7.1 percentage points higher than England.
Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
First language other than English
2024/251.0%
- Isle of Wight
- 5.4%
- England
- 19.2%
18.2 percentage points lower than England.
Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Teachers
Against Isle of Wight and England, secondary schools.
Pupils per qualified teacher
2025/2619.5
- Isle of Wight
- 17.8
- England
- 17.3
2.2 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Isle of Wight | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | Not published | 16.9 | 16.5 |
| 2018/19 | Not published | 17.3 | 16.8 |
| 2019/20 | Not published | 17.0 | 17.2 |
| 2020/21 | Not published | 18.0 | 17.1 |
| 2021/22 | Not published | 18.2 | 17.1 |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 18.1 | 17.2 |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 17.9 | 17.4 |
| 2024/25 | 18.9 | 17.7 | 17.3 |
| 2025/26 | 19.5 | 17.8 | 17.3 |
Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.
Teacher sickness absence
2024/256.6 days
- Isle of Wight
- 4.7 days
- England
- 5.0 days
1.6 days higher than England.
Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.
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| Year | This school | Isle of Wight | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | Not published | 4.4 days | 4.0 days |
| 2018/19 | Not published | 4.6 days | 4.0 days |
| 2019/20 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| 2020/21 | Not published | 2.9 days | 3.9 days |
| 2021/22 | Not published | 6.3 days | 6.3 days |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 5.6 days | 5.2 days |
| 2023/24 | Not published | 5.7 days | 5.3 days |
| 2024/25 | 6.6 days | 4.7 days | 5.0 days |
Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.
Finance
Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.
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About the school
- Pupils on roll
- 615
- Capacity
- 600
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD
- Opened
- 1 July 2024
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- Special educational needs provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
- Decile 7 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)
Address: Mountbatten Drive, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5QU
Website: carisbrooke.iow.sch.uk
Telephone: 01983524651
Sources and corrections
Every figure on this page names its source and period. This release was built on 20 October 2026.
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools: establishment data (GIAS establishment extract 2026-10-20)
- Ofsted: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (Latest inspections as at 2026-09-30; All inspections, 2018/19; All inspections, 2019/20; All inspections, 2020/21; All inspections, 2021/22; All inspections, 2022/23; All inspections, 2023/24; All inspections, 2024/25; All inspections, 2025/26)
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England (absence-3term-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England (exc-school, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-geography, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-geography, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (ks2-school, 2022/23 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; ks2-geography, 2015/16 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 4 performance (ks4-school, 2023/24 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ks4-geography, 2018/19 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics (School census, January 2022 (performance tables, 2021 to 2022); School census, January 2023 (performance tables, 2022 to 2023); School census, January 2024 (performance tables, 2023 to 2024); School census, January 2025 (performance tables, 2024 to 2025))
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: School workforce in England (ptr-school, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ptr-geography, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; sickness-school, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; sickness-geography, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English indices of deprivation 2025: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (English indices of deprivation 2025, File 7 (2021 LSOAs))
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