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
1490 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.3%
Girls
47.7%
First language not English
5.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.3%
Persistent absence
13.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.9%
Other White 5.6%
Mixed 5.5%
Indian 2.4%
African 1.4%
Other Asian 1.3%
Unclassified 1.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 61%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.5
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.9
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award18
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award40
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE37
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
EconomicsGCSE28
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Edgbarrow School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
232
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
242
2nd preference
131
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
155
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
221
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
87
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
212
109
103
Year 8
211
109
102
Year 9
237
125
112
Year 10
210
106
104
Year 11
240
136
104
Year 12
211
113
98
Year 13
169
82
87
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
89.5%
86.5%
Further education
13.0%
29.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
74.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
10.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
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
73.0%
69.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
19.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
16.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020