The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College is a secondary school located in Swindon. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 13/09/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Inverary Road, Swindon, SN4 9DJ
Website: http://www.ridgewayschool.com/
Telephone: 01793846100
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Swindon
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Christopher Belli
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137160

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 13/09/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1450
Number of Pupils: 1642
Number of Boys: 851
Number of Girls: 791

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.34 Confidence interval 0.18 to 0.51
Of the 234 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 227 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:24%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:52%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:52.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.52
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wroughton Junior School
Inverary Road , Wroughton SN4 9DL 		3out of 4 329 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Wroughton Infant School
Wharf Road , Wroughton SN4 9LE 		4out of 4 805 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
East Wichel Primary School & Nursery
Staldon Road , East Wichel SN1 7AG 		3out of 4 1,633 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Kingfisher CE Academy
Peglars Way , SN1 7DA 		- not rated 2,369 yd Free schools Yes Mixed More About School
The Croft Primary School
Marlborough Lane , SN3 1RA 		4out of 4 2,370 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
Inverary Road , Wroughton SN4 9DJ 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Commonweal School
The Mall , Old Town SN1 4JE 		3out of 4 2,430 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Deanery CE Academy
Peglars Way , Wichelstowe SN1 7DA 		- not rated 2,430 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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