The Isle of Wight College
The Isle of Wight College is a further education in Newport for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Medina Way, Newport, PO30 5TA01983 526631iwcollege.ac.ukMiss Fidelma Washington principal and ceoAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
737 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 737 | 591 | 634 | 630 | 1,316 | 1,389 |
| Average A level grade | z | – | – | z | – | – |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 33.33 | – | – | – | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | – | 26.84 | 24.86 | 26.97 | – | – |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Isle of Wight council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 596 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 61%, compared with 69% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 38% went on to degree-level study or training and 3% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 67% | 75% | 73% | – |
| Education | 20% | 22% | 28% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 10% | 11% | 3% |
| Work | 37% | 42% | 34% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 25% | 20% | 23% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy | Academy | 650 m | 406 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Lionheart School | Pupil referral unit | 650 m | 47 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Newport Church of England Aided Primary School | Church of England | 940 m | 300 | Good 2023 | 41 | Compare |
| Medina House School | Council | 0.6 miles | 149 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Barton Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 239 | No overall grade 2024 | 17 | Compare |
| Medina College | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,094 | Requires improvement 2020 | 1 | Compare |
| Summerfields Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 202 | Good 2024 | 21 | Compare |
| Nine Acres Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 419 | Outstanding 2024 | 83 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Isle of Wight College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Isle of Wight College yet.
How many pupils does The Isle of Wight College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Medina Way, Newport, PO30 5TA
- Telephone
- 01983 526631
- Website
- www.iwcollege.ac.uk
- Principal and CEO
- Miss Fidelma Washington
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
- Ward
- Parkhurst & Hunnyhill
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 130724 · LAESTAB 9218000 · UKPRN 10003406
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.