Carisbrooke College
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Carisbrooke College is a trust-supported secondary school in Carisbrooke
on the Isle of Wight
, formerly Carisbrooke High School.
As part of the reorganisation of the education system on the Isle of Wight that occurred in 2010/11, Island Innovation Trust
, (formerly Medina Innovation Trust), was successful in its bid against Academies Enterprise Trust and Innovative School to take over the school. In September 2011, the school reopened as Carisbrooke College, with the age range extended to Year 7 to Year 13. It is now one of eight secondary providers on the Isle of Wight, with the school in a hard federation with Medina College.
As Carisbrooke High School, the school was made a Sports College
. The facilities on site include a flood lit multi weather pitch, running track, squash courts, indoor sports hall, gymnasium and fitness suites.
The 2011 pass rates for the school were 77.4% 5+ A*-C for GCSE and 97% pass rate for A Level.
The school will share a 6th Form Campus with Medina College on the former Nodehill Middle School site, utilising some of the Downside Middle School site in the interim.
Carisbrooke
Carisbrooke is a village on the south western outskirts of Newport, Isle of Wight. It is best known as the site of Carisbrooke Castle. It also has a medieval parish church. St. Mary's Church , began life as part of a Benedictine priory, established by French monks about 1150...
on the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, formerly Carisbrooke High School.
History
Originally Carisbrooke Grammar School, the school become a comprehensive in 1971, and changed its name to Carisbrooke High School. It taught boys and girls from the ages of 13 to 18.As part of the reorganisation of the education system on the Isle of Wight that occurred in 2010/11, Island Innovation Trust
Island Innovation Trust
The Island Innovation Trust is a non-profit investment trust on the Isle of Wight. It is the foundation trust which act as parent for the newly created Carisbrooke College, Medina College and the Island Innovation VI Form Campus....
, (formerly Medina Innovation Trust), was successful in its bid against Academies Enterprise Trust and Innovative School to take over the school. In September 2011, the school reopened as Carisbrooke College, with the age range extended to Year 7 to Year 13. It is now one of eight secondary providers on the Isle of Wight, with the school in a hard federation with Medina College.
As Carisbrooke High School, the school was made a Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
. The facilities on site include a flood lit multi weather pitch, running track, squash courts, indoor sports hall, gymnasium and fitness suites.
The 2011 pass rates for the school were 77.4% 5+ A*-C for GCSE and 97% pass rate for A Level.
The school will share a 6th Form Campus with Medina College on the former Nodehill Middle School site, utilising some of the Downside Middle School site in the interim.
Notable alumni
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- Derek Elsom, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University
- Johnny Fryer, British surfing champion
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