School admissions in Isle of Wight

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 9 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

37 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Dover Park Primary SchoolRyde, Isle of Wight	1.55	29	0.516 miles 2026
Brighstone Church of England Aided Primary SchoolNewport	1.45	11	not published
Godshill Primary SchoolVentnor	1.22	23	2.718 miles 2026
Nine Acres Primary SchoolNewport	1.12	58	0.901 miles 2026
Gurnard Primary SchoolCowes	1.10	60	1.081 miles 2026
Newchurch Primary SchoolSandown	1.07	30	3.462 miles 2026
Binstead Primary SchoolRyde	1.00	29	0.754 miles 2026
Brading Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolSandown	1.00	7	not published
Broadlea Primary SchoolSandown	1.00	18	not published
Greenmount Primary SchoolRyde	1.00	21	not published
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolEast Cowes	1.00	18	not published
Hunnyhill Ormiston AcademyNewport	1.00	32	not published
Lanesend Primary SchoolCowes	1.00	30	not published
Newport Church of England Aided Primary SchoolNewport	1.00	31	not published
Queensgate Foundation PrimaryEast Cowes	1.00	42	not published
St Helens Primary SchoolRyde	1.00	10	not published
St Saviour's Catholic Primary SchoolTotland Bay	1.00	7	not published
The Bay Church of England SchoolSandown	1.00	37	not published
Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolNewport	0.97	34	not published
Barton Primary SchoolNewport	0.96	27	not published
Shalfleet Church of England Primary SchoolNewport	0.95	21	not published
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolNewport	0.95	20	not published
Gatten and Lake Primary SchoolShanklin	0.94	18	not published
St Francis Catholic and Church of England Primary AcademyVentnor	0.94	17	not published
Nettlestone Primary SchoolSeaview	0.93	30	2.366 miles 2026
Wootton Community Primary SchoolRyde	0.93	30	not published
St Blasius Shanklin CofE Primary AcademyShanklin	0.93	27	not published
Wroxall Primary SchoolVentnor	0.92	12	not published
Bembridge Church of England Primary SchoolBembridge	0.91	22	not published
Niton Primary SchoolVentnor	0.90	20	not published
Northwood Primary SchoolCowes	0.90	30	not published
Summerfields Primary SchoolNewport	0.89	19	not published
Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary SchoolFreshwater	0.88	25	not published
Haylands Primary SchoolRyde	0.83	42	not published
Oakfield Church of England Aided Primary School, RydeRyde	0.81	21	not published
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolRyde	0.76	17	not published
Arreton St George's Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolNewport	0.75	4	not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

7 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
The Island Free SchoolVentnor	1.84	111	not published
Carisbrooke CollegeNewport	1.30	110	8.971 miles 2026
Lift RydeRyde	1.03	265	5.863 miles 2026
Christ The King CollegeNewport	1.03	230	not published
Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston AcademyCowes	0.87	202	not published
The Bay Church of England SchoolSandown	0.72	190	not published
Medina CollegeNewport	0.49	109	not published