Arrow Vale High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 843 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.8
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Ridgeway Secondary School
- Pupils on roll
- 432of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 15.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 31
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 7 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Ridgeway Secondary School (URN 139029, until 1 September 2022).
What the data says
Ridgeway Secondary School has no sixth form. Of the 66 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 8% moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.0 against 46.1 across England and 44.2 in Worcestershire, with 55% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Ridgeway Secondary School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Worcestershire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Ridgeway Secondary School | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 66 | 6,012 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 17% | 31% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 8% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 56% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Ridgeway Secondary School | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.0 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 23% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.18 | 3.92 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 13% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 48.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 30 | 97% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 87% |
| Combined Science | 30 | 97% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 87% |
| Mathematics | 30 | 97% | 88% | 3% | 22% | 87% |
| English Literature | 29 | 94% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 97% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 19 | 61% | 8% | 11% | 21% | 53% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 61% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 42% |
| History | 19 | 61% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 74% |
| Physical Education | 15 | 48% | 11% | 20% | 24% | 60% |
| Geography | 10 | 32% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 40% |
| Fine Art | 9 | 29% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 100% |
| French | 7 | 23% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 86% |
| Polish | 1 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 3% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 12 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Worcestershire
Baxter College
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Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
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Christopher Whitehead Language College
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Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.