Editing Isle of Wight (section)

==Education==
{{Main|Education on the Isle of Wight}}

There are 69 [[Local Education Authority|local education authority]]-maintained schools on the Isle of Wight, and two [[independent school (UK)|independent schools]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iwight.com/Residents/Schools-and-Learning/ | publisher=Isle of Wight Council | access-date=29 November 2016 | title=Schools and Learning}}</ref> As a rural community, many of these are small and with fewer pupils than in urban areas. The [[Isle of Wight College]] is located on the outskirts of Newport.

From September 2010, there was a transition period from the [[Three-tier education|three-tier system]] of primary, middle and high schools to the two-tier system that is usual in England.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/its-all-change-in-schools-shake-up-28693.aspx | publisher=Isle of Wight County Press | date=25 September 2009 | title=It's all change in schools' shake up | author=David Newbie | access-date=29 November 2016}}</ref> Some schools have now closed, such as Chale C.E. Primary. Others have become "federated", such as Brading C.E. Primary and St Helen's Primary. [[Christ the King College, Isle of Wight|Christ the King College]] started as two "middle schools", Trinity Middle School and Archbishop King Catholic Middle School, but has now been converted into a dual-faith secondary school and sixth form.

Since September 2011 five new secondary schools, with an age range of 11 to 18 years, replaced the island's high schools (as a part of the previous three-tier system).