Ridgeway Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- 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: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1419
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 18 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 208
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
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
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
- 687 (53%)
- Girls
- 600 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1419 (91% 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
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 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
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- 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
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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