Ridgewood School is a secondary school located in Doncaster. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's quality of education and management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 13/03/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Barnsley Road, Doncaster

School Information

Address: Barnsley Road, Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Website: http://www.ridgewoodschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01302783939
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Doncaster
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Andrew Peirson
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137603

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/03/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1512
Number of Pupils: 1384
Number of Boys: 669
Number of Girls: 715

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.09 Confidence interval -0.26 to 0.08
Of the 226 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 220 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:16%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:48%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.92
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rosedale Primary School
Emley Drive , Scawsby DN5 8RL 		1out of 4 465 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Scawsby Saltersgate Infant School
Windsor Walk , Scawsby DN5 8NQ 		3out of 4 1,155 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Scawsby Saltersgate Junior School
Barnsley Road , Scawsby DN5 8NQ 		4out of 4 1,208 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School
Rose Crescent , Scawthorpe DN5 9EW 		3out of 4 1,300 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary School
Jossey Lane , Scawthorpe DN5 9ED 		3out of 4 1,817 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Don Valley Academy
Jossey Lane , Scawthorpe DN5 9DD 		3out of 4 1,191 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Levett School
Melton Road , Sprotbrough DN5 7SB 		3out of 4 2,424 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
North Bridge Enterprise College
Keepmoat Stadium (East Stand) , Stadium Way DN4 5JW 		- not rated 3,164 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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