Ridgeway Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AF
- Distance
- 3.0km away
Monk's Walk School
Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL
Local ranking34th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1430
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 50.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 51.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 40.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 221
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 23.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
38.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
134
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 27.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 269
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1436
- Boys
- 751 (52%)
- Girls
- 685 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1430 (100% full)
- SEND
- 16.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.3%
- EAL
- 10.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 13.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,040/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 72.1%
- White Other: 7.2%
- Mixed Other: 4.3%
- Black African: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- Asian Indian: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.7%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
72.1%
White British
7.2%
White Other
4.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Knightsfield
Welwyn Garden City, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138632
- UKPRN
- 10038673
- Establishment No.
- 4118
- Trust
- MONK'S WALK SCHOOL
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