Medina College
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| Motto | Aspire and Achieve |
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| Established | 1976 |
| Type | Foundation school |
| Head Teacher | Karen Begley |
| Chair of Governors | Terence Hart |
| Location |
Fairlee Road Newport Isle of Wight PO30 2DX England Coordinates: 50°42′40″N 1°16′57″W / 50.711111°N 1.2825°W |
| Local authority | Isle of Wight |
| DfE number | 921/4030 |
| DfE URN | 136010 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 985 (school) 245 (sixth form) |
| Gender | Male / Female |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Colours | Green |
| Website | www |
Medina College is a foundation trust-supported secondary school in Newport on the Isle of Wight, formerly Medina High School.
Medina High School was founded in 1976 on the current site. By the 1990s, the school suffered from a falling roll and finances, with Richard Williams brought in as head in 2002, the fifth head in 2 years. In 2004, blazers were reintroduced to replace polo and sweatshirts, with procedures from a number of schools include troubled school in Birmingham introduces to help discipline. In 2008, the school was deemed "Outstanding" in an Ofsted inspection. The longest serving teacher was Crispin Keith.
In September 2008, the school decided to pursue trust status, becoming a foundation school on 3 February 2009 and also a trust school, with partners University of Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust, the Quarr Group, Solo Agency and Quay Arts. The school also introduced International Baccalaureate courses.
As part of the reorganisation of the education system on the Isle of Wight, Island Innovation Trust (formerly Medina Innovation Trust), formed by the school's trust, was successful in their bid against Academies Enterprise Trust and again Island Innovation Trust without a hard federation to take over the school. In 2011, the school opened with the age range extended to Year 7 to Year 13. It is now one of 5 secondary providers on the Isle of Wight, with the school in a hard federation with Carisbrooke College.
In January 2010, the current head Richard Williams announced he would be stepping down no later than Easter and moving on to become principal of an academy school in Kent, partly influenced by the school's re-organisation.
As Medina High School, the school was made a specialist Arts College and received the Artsmark gold award in 2007. The school has won medals in local and national trampolining competitions including the British Schools Trampolining Competition in March 2009. Also, Medina took part in the White Air extreme sports festival held at Yaverland.
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