Edgbarrow School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 22 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
Bracknell Forest
Unique reference
145244
Address
Grant Road, RG45 7HZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1482 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
6.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.6%
Persistent absence
10.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 76.6%
Other White 7.1%
Mixed 5.3%
Indian 3.6%
Other Asian 1.7%
Unclassified 1.6%
African 1.3%
Chinese 1%
Other 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 38%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.9
Local authority average 46.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.13
Local authority average 4.16
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE76
ChemistryGCSE23
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
EconomicsGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE207
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Edgbarrow School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
199
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
280
2nd preference
159
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
175
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
193
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
80
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 classes22.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
125
115
Year 8
213
109
104
Year 9
210
109
101
Year 10
240
128
112
Year 11
210
105
105
Year 12
182
100
82
Year 13
187
100
87
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
87.8%
85.5%
Further education
12.0%
35.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
67.0%
41.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
10.0%
10.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
SP
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
67.0%
62.6%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
22.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.6%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022