Isle of Wight education

Girls get better results at girls' schools, so why not explore education options for your daughter at Portsmouth High School's Open Morning. Tour the junior and senior schools and speak with the teachers whilst your daughter takes part in engaging activities.

If you’re considering your child’s education options, meet teachers, pupils and tour the school on this Open Morning to find out more about the Island school with a global outlook.

Today's meeting heard how leaders from the Isle of Wight and Ofsted can work together on educational improvement for the Island.

Ahead of the rumoured visit by the interim head of Ofsted this week, Labour repeat their calls for the creation of a taskforce – featuring education experts, teachers, governors and parents - to carry out a detailed study as to why education attainments lags behind the mainland in many areas.

Ofsted say this Isle of Wight primary school is taking effective action towards the removal of special measures.

Following last week's GCSE results day, academies and colleges around the Isle of Wight will be sharing a more detail breakdown of attainment. This article will be updated throughout the day.

New measures for reporting GCSE achievements have been introduced this year. It measures the number of students attaining at least a C grade in English and mathematics combined.

Initial reports suggest that schools on the Isle of Wight appear to compare favourably with national averages and in some cases, have improved significantly – against the national trend of a decline in results.

OnTheWight will update you throughout the day with Isle of Wight GCSE results as they come in from the various schools.

Less than a month after referring to the Isle of Wight as a ghetto with a mass of crime and inbreeding, the chair of Ofsted has resigned from his post.

If you claim Child Tax Credit you need to let HMRC know whether your 16+ child will be continuing in full time education otherwise you may lose your claim.