Ryde Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 16 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Unique reference
136753
Address
Pell Lane, PO33 3LN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1480 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
4.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.3%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77%
Mixed 15.4%
Other White 4.5%
Other Asian 0.7%
African 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Indian 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.03
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.9
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.62
Local authority average 3.47
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award25
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award73
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award65
TourismTechnical Award24
Art & DesignGCSE38
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE9
BiologyGCSE107
ChemistryGCSE106
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE69
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE44
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ryde Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
265
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
286
2nd preference
48
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
262
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
283
141
142
Year 8
276
131
145
Year 9
267
130
137
Year 10
250
123
127
Year 11
260
129
131
Year 12
72
36
36
Year 13
72
34
38
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
87.5%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
45.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
39.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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%
54.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
11.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
7.0%
8.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020