Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Freshwater · PO40 9AX · Isle of Wight
Ages 2–11
- KS264%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM29.8%
- Demand1.03
2.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 118196
St Saviour's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Totland Bay · PO39 0HQ
Ages 4–11 · 101 pupils · Isle of Wight
Ofsted
Requires improvement
KS2 expected (RWM)
40%
Overall absence
5.5%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-07-02
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- 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)40%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 98.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.6%
Unauthorised1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 118
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
16
Places offered
17
1st-preference offers
16
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 25
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 16
- 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 fill72%
101 pupils · 140 places
- Pupils on roll
- 101
- Boys / girls
- 47 / 54
- School capacity
- 140
- Capacity fill
- 101 / 140 (72%)
- Free school meals
- 30.7%
- FSM pupils
- 31
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Portsmouth (rc)
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Maggie Sanderson
Location
- Address
- Summers Lane
- Postcode
- PO39 0HQ
- Town
- Totland Bay
- County
- Isle of Wight
- Local authority
- Isle of Wight
- District
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- 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 aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, 101 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 30.7%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Portsmouth (rc).
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Maggie Sanderson
- Telephone
- 01983752175