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Secondary school in Bracknell, Bracknell Forest

Ranelagh School

Ranelagh Drive, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 9DA

Sixth form Church of England Full
School website 01344421233

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 12 November 2024.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

53.4 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

59% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

76% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.7 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

37% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.59confidence interval 0.37 to 0.80

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
B-
Average points per entry
37.4

England average 32.3

A level students
84

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1138
Places
1010
How full
Full — 1138 pupils against 1010 places
Girls / boys
539 / 599
Overall absence
6%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
14%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
6%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
13%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
6%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
97%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
96%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
57%
No sustained destination
2%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
169

After sixth form

Went to university
55%

England 50%

In education, work or training
89%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
108

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

39% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
75%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
113

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Bracknell Forest 007H, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
47%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
8%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
63%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
15%

England 17%

Households with no car
7%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
20%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
OXFORD DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Timothy Griffith
Local authority
Bracknell Forest
Ward
Town Centre & The Parks
Constituency
Bracknell
URN
137267

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
The Brakenhale SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 44.2 0.3 mi
Garth Hill CollegeCommunity school No grade 44.2 0.6 mi
Heathfield SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.6 mi
King's Academy BinfieldFree schools Good 2022 48.6 1.6 mi
King's Academy Easthampstead ParkAcademy converter No grade 42.2 1.8 mi
LVS AscotOther independent school No grade 1.8 mi
Holme Grange SchoolOther independent school No grade 3 mi
St Crispin's SchoolAcademy converter No grade 51.7 3.3 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Bournemouth SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 74.2
Europa School UKFree schools Good 2024 0.9
St Joseph's Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter No grade 50.1
Colchester Royal Grammar SchoolAcademy converter No grade 82.1
The Tiffin Girls' SchoolAcademy converter No grade 85.3
Rosebery SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 63.5
Archbishop Temple Church of England High SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 55.4
Westcliff High School for GirlsAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 75.6

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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