Garth Hill College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 15 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bracknell Forest
Unique reference
110069
Address
Bull Lane, RG42 2AD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1476 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
20.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.1%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.6%
Other White 11%
Mixed 6.2%
African 5.5%
Indian 4.4%
Other Asian 3.8%
Chinese 2.1%
Unclassified 1.6%
Pakistani 1.5%
Other Black 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.5
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.63
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award20
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
Speech & DramaTechnical Award25
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE45
BiologyGCSE36
Business Studies:SingleGCSE83
ChemistryGCSE35
ChineseGCSE6
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE203
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Garth Hill College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
244
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
165
2nd preference
152
3rd preference
105
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
250
128
122
Year 8
253
121
132
Year 9
265
127
138
Year 10
272
145
127
Year 11
249
118
131
Year 12
108
59
49
Year 13
79
44
35
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
89.5%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
29.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
10.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
67.0%
69.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
19.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
16.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020