Christ The King College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 42 42.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 42.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 33.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 4.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.29 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	44.8[6]	42%[6]
2023/24	41.3[4]	40.1%[4]	-0.29[4]
2022/23	41[7]	29%[7]	-0.49[7]
2021/22	47.8[8]	39%[8]	-0.22[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 16.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C+[10]	16.5%[10]
2022/23	C+[11]	9.5%[11]
2021/22	C+[12]	17.4%[12]
2018/19	C[13]	11.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 44% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 1% 2020/21[15]
Further education college: 43% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 3% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[16]	50%[16]		36%[16]	3%[16]	3%[16]
2020/21	96%[15]	44%[15]	1%[15]	44%[15]	4%[15]	3%[15]
2019/20	98%[17]	50%[17]	2%[17]	43%[17]	1%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	97%[18]	53%[18]	2%[18]	36%[18]	2%[18]	2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 80% 2022/23[19]
Education: 54% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 25% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	92%[20]	58%[20]	3%[20]	31%[20]
2020/21	90%[21]	55%[21]	5%[21]	29%[21]
2019/20	82%[22]	65%[22]	3%[22]	14%[22]
2018/19	75%[23]	52%[23]	3%[23]	21%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 65% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 15% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 21% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 8% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	76%[26]	29%[26]
2019/20	69%[25]	22%[25]	21%[25]	8%[25]
2018/19	65%[27]	13%[27]	10%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	62%[28]	10%[28]	9%[28]	0%[28]

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: 28 Nov 2023[29]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published: 23 Apr 2024[29]
Personal development: Good[29]
Quality of education: Requires improvement[29]
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement[29]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
13 Jul 2021[30]	Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 2[30]	Requires improvement[30]
3 Feb 2021[30]	Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 2[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 489 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 236 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 230 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	351[31]	153[31]	199[31]	1.8[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024	291[31]	118[31]	187[31]	1.6[31]	0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023	255[31]	99[31]	179[31]	1.4[31]	0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022	248[31]	96[31]	179[31]	1.4[31]	0.5[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England/Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1700[1]
Local authority: Isle of Wight[1]
Website: http://www.christthekingcollege.co.uk [1]
District: Isle of Wight [32]
Postcode: PO30 5QT[1]
URN: 135552[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1047 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 9.5% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 15.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 2.2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 27.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 83%[34]
Mixed: 4.8%[34]
Asian: 4.1%[34]
Black: 3.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 1.6%[34]
Unclassified: 3.2%[34]

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.

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