Non-maintained special school

St Catherine's School and College

Mixed · ages 7–19 · with sixth formIsle of Wight, South East · Ventnor PO38 1TTSchool website
Pupils on roll
94of 94 places
Free school meals
38.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
10
Ofsted
School remains Good, 30 January 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Catherine's School and College in 2023, 0% stayed on in St Catherine's School and College’s own sixth form (Isle of Wight average 35%), 11% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Isle of Wight and England.

This school
Isle of Wight
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolIsle of WightEngland
Pupils in the cohort91,248607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%89%86%
— school sixth form0%35%34%
— sixth form college0%1%13%
— further education college11%50%37%
— other education89%4%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%4%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolIsle of WightEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)5.041.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%37%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%59%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%36%41%
EBacc average point score0.233.564.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort24%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language6%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language770%89%14%20%29%
English Literature220%86%21%
Mathematics220%88%22%
Fine Art110%9%28%

Other secondary schools in Isle of Wight

Christ The King College

Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,131 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8

Lift Ryde

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,461 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8

Medina College

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,094 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.2

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.