Medina College
Secondary school in Newport, Isle of Wight. Requires improvement (Jan 2020).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 21 January 2020, report published 23 February 2020, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Medina College (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Medina College hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around July 2022
The last inspection was in January 2020. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2025 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 1.7 milesChrist The King College
Report card, May 2026: 6 expected, 1 needs attention
- 1.8 milesCarisbrooke College
Requires improvement (May 2023)
- 3.7 milesCowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy
School remains Good (Mar 2023)
- 4.8 milesLift Ryde
Good (Nov 2022)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.