| Established | 2002 |
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| Type | federated voluntary controlled comprehensive |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headteacher | Bryce Wilby |
| Location | Carn Thomas St Mary's Isles of Scilly TR21 0JY England |
| Local authority | Isles of Scilly |
| DfE URN | 133554 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 280 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 4–16 |
| Website | 5pfl.com |
The Five Islands School is the first federated school in the United Kingdom, providing primary and secondary education for children from 3-16 at five sites across the Isles of Scilly. The primary school bases are:
Carn Thomas Secondary Base, on St Mary's, provides secondary education up to GCSE. Secondary pupils from the other islands are given free board at Mundesley Hostel from Mondays to Thursdays, returning home on the weekends.[1]
These were formerly five separate schools. While the smaller schools were praised by inspectors, the two larger schools on St Mary's were judged as inadequate. In response, the government forced a fresh start as a federated school, which opened in April 2002 and subsequently the other off islands bases were also federated. An inspection in June and July 2003 again found the standard of education at the St Mary's sites to be inadequate, and the school was placed in special measures until 2005. Under a succession of heads, the school has become a successful and cohesive federation, judged "outstanding" by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) in 2007.[2][3] The school's GCSE results are now the highest in South West England.[4]
In 2008, the school was given funding of £13 million to rebuild a new 3-16 school on a site adjacent to Carn Gwaval Primary School.[5]
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