- Ofsted:Good
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cowes sixth forms average.
175 first choices, 202 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1642.5
Cowes sixth forms 42.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 10.9%Cowes sixth forms 10.9%
- Pupils
- 1,156
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Sixth forms in and near Cowes
All 1 sixth form in Cowes, and the nearest just outside.
Just outside Cowes
The nearest ones, measured from the middle of Cowes.
Priory School
2.1 miles from Cowes · Independent · All-through · Ages 4 to 18
- ISI:Inspected
- Has a sixth form
Independent school. Results well above the Cowes sixth forms average.
Attainment 8 at 1655.4
Cowes sixth forms 42.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- –Cowes sixth forms 10.9%
- Pupils
- 172
- Pupils per teacher
- –
- Ofsted:Requires improvement
- Has a sixth form
Results below the Cowes sixth forms average, high absence.
53 first choices, 109 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1636.1
Cowes sixth forms 42.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,094
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
- Ofsted:Needs attention in 1 area
- Church of England
- Catholic
- Has a sixth form
Results close to the Cowes sixth forms average.
236 first choices, 230 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1642.3
Cowes sixth forms 42.5England 46.2
- Days missed
- 10.3%Cowes sixth forms 10.9%
- Pupils
- 1,131
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.0
St George's School
4.4 miles from Cowes · Special · Secondary · Ages 11 to 19
- Ofsted:Good
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Specialist provision. Results aren't published in the same way.
Results
Not published for this kind of school.
- Days missed
- 15.6%
- Pupils
- 240
- Pupils per teacher
- 6.7
- Sixth forms1
- Attainment 8 at 1642.5England 46.2
- Good or Outstanding100%of graded schools ·
- Free school meals21.2%of pupils get them
- Pupils per teacher18.3England 17.9
The big picture
How Cowes's sixth forms spread out
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Ofsted grades in Cowes
The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded.
- Outstanding: 0 of 1
- Good: 1 of 1
- Requires improvement: 0 of 1
- Inadequate: 0 of 1
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Sixth forms in Cowes, explained
There is 1 sixth forms in Cowes, teaching 1,156 children. 0 are run by the council and 1 are academies or free schools.
100% of the schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 0 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
Pupils in Cowes sixth forms scored an average Attainment 8 of 42.5 across their best eight GCSEs, against 46.2 across England.
21.2% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £7,350 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 32.4% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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How many sixth forms are in Cowes?
There are 1 sixth forms in Cowes, including state-funded, academies, and independent schools.
What are the best sixth forms in Cowes?
The highest-ranked sixth forms in Cowes on Eduscope are Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy. We rank each state school against schools of the same phase across England on its Ofsted inspection, results and attendance.
How are sixth forms in Cowes ranked on Eduscope?
Each state school gets a rank score out of 100. We place each measure as a percentile among state schools of the same phase across England, then weight them. Primary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 30%, pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 30%, pupils reaching the higher standard 10%, persistent absence (lower is better) 20%, average reading and maths scores 10%. Secondary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 25%, Attainment 8 25%, grade 5 or above in English and maths 15%, persistent absence (lower is better) 15%, pupils staying in education or work after GCSEs 10%, A level average points (sixth forms only) 10%. Results are averaged over up to three years, and an Ofsted grade older than five years counts for less. A school needs data for at least 60% of the weights. Special schools, pupil referral units, nurseries, independent schools and 16 to 19 schools aren't ranked, and are listed by Ofsted grade and name. Our methodology page explains more.
What is the average class size in Cowes sixth forms?
The average pupil-teacher ratio across sixth forms in Cowes is 18:1. While this is not a direct measure of class size, it indicates the level of teaching resource available per pupil.
Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.