Priory School
Other independent school · Mixed · Isle of Wight
Beatrice Avenue, Whippingham, PO32 6LP
65
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
172
Capacity used
Has space67%
256 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 4–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Emma Soar
- Address
- Beatrice Avenue, Whippingham, PO32 6LP
- Phone
- 01983861222
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
- Ward / constituency
- Fairlee & Whippingham · Isle of Wight West
- Area
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 118225
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 30% | — | — |
172 pupils · 256 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.35 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | — | — | — |
Average grade: SUPP (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 59.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 70.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 51.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.56 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 27 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| A-level students | 3 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 22 | 23% | 77% | 91% | |
| English Language | 21 | 14% | 86% | 95% | |
| English Literature | 21 | 43% | 95% | 95% | |
| Geography | 15 | 33% | 80% | 93% | |
| Biology | 14 | 21% | 79% | 100% | |
| Physics | 14 | 29% | 71% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 14 | 21% | 86% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 13 | 15% | 69% | 69% | |
| History | 12 | 8% | 58% | 58% | |
| Business | 10 | 0% | 60% | 80% | |
| Spanish | 9 | 11% | 33% | 67% | |
| Combined Science | 9 | 11% | 89% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Film Studies | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Business Studies | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 17800: Priory School, Isle of Wight
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.