Secondary school

The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Swindon
  • SN4 9DJ
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Apr 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 594 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 19%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 26%26%2016/17: top 20%2017/18: top 26%2018/19: top 23%2021/22: top 25%2022/23: top 23%2023/24: top 20%2024/25: top 19%No exams

A-level results

#70 of 224 South West sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South West

Attainment 853.5 · South West 45.59/10 Top 20%+6.1 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths61.9% · South West 44.2%10/10 Top 10%+10.2 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score5.08 · South West 3.9810/10 Top 10%+17 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.18 · South West −0.027/10 Above−13.1 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry37.3 · South West 33.78/10 Above+20 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 54 · 195 pupils · South West 50.22016/17: 52.1 · 187 pupils · South West 45.62017/18: 51 · 159 pupils · South West 45.72018/19: 52.2 · 234 pupils · South West 45.82021/22: 54.2 · 298 pupils · South West 47.52022/23: 52 · 302 pupils · South West 45.42023/24: 53 · 264 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 53.5 · 270 pupils · South West 45.4554.251No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 53% · 187 pupils · South West 39%2017/18: 53% · 159 pupils · South West 40%2018/19: 52% · 234 pupils · South West 39%2021/22: 61% · 298 pupils · South West 46%2022/23: 57% · 302 pupils · South West 42%2023/24: 62.5% · 264 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 61.9% · 270 pupils · South West 44.2%62.5%52%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 31.63 · 101 pupils · South West 29.292016/17: 29.33 · 107 pupils · South West 30.032017/18: 31.79 · 107 pupils · South West 30.252018/19: 31.35 · 118 pupils · South West 31.572021/22: 37.82 · 109 pupils · South West 36.992022/23: 36.63 · 89 pupils · South West 33.142023/24: 38.12 · 107 pupils · South West 33.012024/25: 37.3 · 102 pupils · South West 33.6738.1229.33No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in87.3%
262 of 300 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 87.3%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st300262
2nd2226
3rd1242

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2005–2023

  1. 2005Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2008Outstandingas predecessor
  3. 2012Good
  4. 2016Ungraded visit
  5. 2020Remains Good
  6. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,616
Free school meals (past 6 years)16.9%
First language not English12.5%
SEN support12.0%
EHC plan4.3%
Absence (sessions missed)7.6%
Persistently absent pupils19.3%

Girls 48.3%Boys 51.7%

111.4% full · 1,450 places · 197 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.0
Pupils per adult12.4
  • Classroom teachers 69.6
  • Leadership 11.3
  • Teaching assistants 33.8
  • Other support 25

Teachers 80.9 FTE · Whole workforce 139.7 · 163 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,631
Spend per pupil£6,734
Staff spend per pupil£5,116
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,410,000in-year balance

Grants £7,483 · self-generated £147 · premises £247 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE WHITE HORSE FEDERATION (30 academies) · trust reserve £6,864,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

264 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93.2%
  • Education87.5%
  • Apprenticeship3%
  • Employment2.7%
  • Not sustained3.8%
  • Unknown3%

After sixth form (16–18)

116 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.5%
  • Education63.8%
  • Higher education63.8%
  • Apprenticeship7.8%
  • Employment19%
  • Not sustained6%
  • Unknown3.4%