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Ringwood School Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 50.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
54.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.35 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 56.2[6] 68%[6]
2023/24 53.7[4] 58.5%[4] +0.35[4]
2022/23 52.2[7] 55%[7] +0.22[7]
2021/22 54.1[8] 62%[8] +0.21[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 15.3%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 26.7%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 27.8%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 17.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
57% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
28% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 48%[15] 1%[15] 42%[15] 4%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 53%[16] 0%[16] 30%[16] 6%[16] 8%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 52%[17] 41%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 51%[18] 1%[18] 37%[18] 3%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
54% 2022/23[19]
Education
56% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
30% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 51%[20] 58%[20] 7%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 48%[21] 52%[21] 5%[21] 34%[21]
2019/20 94%[22] 58%[22] 68%[22] 1%[22] 25%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 38%[23] 39%[23] 7%[23] 38%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
69% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
32% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
21% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 70%[26] 28%[26]
2019/20 77%[25] 27%[25] 21%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 56%[27] 19%[27] 14%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 68%[28] 19%[28] 15%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
15 Nov 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
24 Jan 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
28 Mar 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
298 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
240 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
243 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 302[31] 256[31] 259[31] 1.2[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 312[31] 248[31] 253[31] 1.2[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023 295[31] 230[31] 240[31] 1.2[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 333[31] 282[31] 263[31] 1.3[31] 1.1[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1591[1]
Trust
RINGWOOD SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.ringwood.hants.sch.uk/[1]
District
New Forest[32]
Postcode
BH24 1SE[1]
URN
136657[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1626 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
2.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
10.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18.1% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
93.3%[34]
Mixed
3.7%[34]
Asian
1.3%[34]
Black
0.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[34]
Unclassified
0.6%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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