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St Catherine's School and College[1]

Special · ages 7–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
3.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.45 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 5[7] 0%[7]
2023/24 1.1[3] 0%[3] -1.45[3]
2022/23 3.1[8] 0%[8]
2015/16 0.6[9] -2.30[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[10]
Further education college
11% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[10]
Employment
0% 2022/23[10]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11] 13%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11]
2020/21 100%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12] 10%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12]
2016/17 83%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
30 Jan 2024[14]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]
Report published
17 Mar 2024[14]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[14]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[14]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
10 Jul 2018[15] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Non-maintained special school[1]
Ages
7–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
94[1]
Local authority
Isle of Wight[1]
Website
www.stcatherines.org.uk[1]
District
Isle of Wight[16]
Postcode
PO38 1TT[1]
URN
118226[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
89 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
2.2% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.7% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
93.6%[18]
Mixed
3.2%[18]
Asian
0%[18]
Black
1.1%[18]
Any other ethnic group
1.1%[18]
Unclassified
1.1%[18]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
  6. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.