Ridgeway Academy
Herns Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AF
Local ranking78th of 82 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Secondary
Phase
1220
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 35.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 24.8%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.4%
- Entering EBacc
- 15.7%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9
- Cohort Size
- 153
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 31.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 48.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.7
Avg Points/Entry
28.3
Best 3 A-Levels
34
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 21.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 111
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 929
- Boys
- 488 (53%)
- Girls
- 441 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1220 (76% full)
- SEND
- 27.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.5%
- EAL
- 9.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 23.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,429/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 69.5%
- White Other: 6.5%
- Other: 6.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.5%
- Black Caribbean: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
- Black African: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
69.5%
White British
6.5%
White Other
6.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 146305
- UKPRN
- 10068455
- Establishment No.
- 4031
- Trust
- AMBITION EDUCATION TRUST