Ribston Hall High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 10 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
136767
Address
Stroud Road, GL1 5LE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
906 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
1.1%
Girls
98.9%
First language not English
13.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.2%
Persistent absence
13.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 53.3%
Unclassified 17.3%
Indian 8.6%
Mixed 5.3%
Other White 4%
Other Asian 3.9%
African 2.2%
Pakistani 1.9%
Chinese 1.1%
Other 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Other Black 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 31%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 91%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 67.7
Local authority average 50.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.03
Local authority average 4.39
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE23
BiologyGCSE105
ChemistryGCSE105
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
DanceGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE148
English LiteratureGCSE147
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE26
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Ribston Hall High School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
148
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
93
2nd preference
173
3rd preference
116
From another Local Authority
90
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
61
2nd preference
66
3rd preference
19
To another Local Authority
44
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
0
151
Year 8
151
0
151
Year 9
155
0
155
Year 10
150
0
150
Year 11
148
0
148
Year 12
97
5
92
Year 13
54
5
49
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
84.1%
85.5%
Further education
20.0%
25.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
69.0%
47.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
11.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
58.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
22.3%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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