St Helens Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Ryde · PO33 1XH · Isle of Wight
Ages 5–11
- KS264%
- Absence6.8%
- FSM22.9%
- Demand1.00
1.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 118181
Bembridge Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Bembridge · PO35 5RH
Ages 5–11 · 186 pupils · Isle of Wight
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
64%
Overall absence
5.9%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2019-12-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)64%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)15.3%
Unauthorised2.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 176
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
20
Places offered
20
1st-preference offers
20
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 30
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 20
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill89%
186 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 186
- Boys / girls
- 83 / 103
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 186 / 210 (89%)
- Free school meals
- 12.9%
- FSM pupils
- 24
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Portsmouth (ce)
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Elizabeth Chambers
Location
- Address
- Walls Road
- Postcode
- PO35 5RH
- Town
- Bembridge
- County
- Isle of Wight
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
- District
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Bembridge, Isle of Wight, 186 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 12.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Portsmouth (ce).
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Nettlestone Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Seaview · PO34 5DY · Isle of Wight
Ages 3–11
- KS252%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM10.7%
- Demand0.96
2.5 miles away
Brading Church of England Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: Some aspects not as strongVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Sandown · PO36 0DS · Isle of Wight
Ages 2–11
- KS247%
- Absence8.9%
- FSM42.7%
- Demand1.00
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Elizabeth Chambers
- Telephone
- 01983872668