Ridgeway Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jan 12 2023 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
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
146305
Address
Herns Lane, AL7 2AF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
947 (73% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
7.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.1%
Persistent absence
31.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78%
Mixed 8.7%
Other White 6.4%
African 2.6%
Other Asian 1%
Indian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Chinese 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
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.9
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.09
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE35
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE33
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
DanceGCSE6
English LanguageGCSE143
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ridgeway Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
105
2nd preference
92
3rd preference
69
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
105
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
11
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 classes19.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
203
112
91
Year 8
171
83
88
Year 9
165
84
81
Year 10
159
83
76
Year 11
168
98
70
Year 12
54
24
30
Year 13
27
16
11
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
49.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
29.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
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
84.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
16.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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