Nine Acres Primary School
About Nine Acres Primary School
Nine Acres Primary School is clearly a popular choice among Isle of Wight families. In the 2025/26 admissions round, the school received 141 applications for just 60 places, making it oversubscribed by a factor of 2. 35. Of those applicants, 90 put Nine Acres as their first preference, and all 60 first-preference families were offered a place. That level of demand suggests strong word-of-mouth among local parents, and the school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in July 2024, backs that up with an Outstanding rating across every category — quality of education, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is a significant upgrade from its previous Good rating in 2017, and it places Nine Acres as the only Outstanding primary school in the Isle of Wight local authority, which has 36 primary schools in total.
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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
10 Jul 2024Source: Ofsted, 9 Sept 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
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