Ranelagh School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 20 2015 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bracknell Forest
Unique reference
137267
Address
Ranelagh Drive, RG12 9DA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1062 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
10.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.1%
Persistent absence
12.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.8%
Mixed 8.2%
Other White 8%
African 4.6%
Chinese 2.5%
Other Asian 2.2%
Indian 1.9%
Other Black 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.46
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 72%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.6
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.02
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE45
BiologyGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE75
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
DanceGCSE1
EconomicsGCSE49
English LanguageGCSE168
English LiteratureGCSE167
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ranelagh School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
224
2nd preference
133
3rd preference
83
From another Local Authority
68
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
158
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
19
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 classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
174
93
81
Year 8
174
76
98
Year 9
173
90
83
Year 10
175
87
88
Year 11
173
81
92
Year 12
92
41
51
Year 13
101
52
49
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
89.5%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
29.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
64.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
10.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
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
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
89.0%
69.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
44.0%
19.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
39.0%
16.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020