Ridgeway Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AF
- Distance
- 3.1km away
Stanborough School
Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YR
Local ranking36th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1419
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 47.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 78.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 170
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 66.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 17.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
90
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 180
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1261
- Boys
- 666 (53%)
- Girls
- 595 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1419 (89% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.0%
- EAL
- 17.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 13.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,887/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 58.4%
- Black African: 11.1%
- White Other: 10.8%
- Asian Indian: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
58.4%
White British
11.1%
Black African
10.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Lemsford Lane
Welwyn Garden City, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137847
- UKPRN
- 10036274
- Establishment No.
- 4014
- Trust
- STANBOROUGH SCHOOL
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