The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College, Swindon

In 2026, pupils at The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45 in Swindon and 47 across England.

61% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Swindon and 47% in England.

That is down from 53.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.18: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 37.5, against 53.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 300 families put The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College as their first choice and 646 named it as one of their preferences, for 270 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 38 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College are The Commonweal School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.1); The Deanery CofE Academy (1.4 miles, Attainment 8 47.6); Lawn Manor Academy (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.5); and UTC Swindon (2.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 32.3).

The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College is one of 30 schools run by The White Horse Federation, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 264 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 35% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 116 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 64% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 30% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

16.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 12% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (75%), Asian (8%) and Mixed (6%).

The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College has a resourced provision for autism: 20 places, 21 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Swindon Rail Station, about 2.5 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ridgeway School (s-bound), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 26 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Swindon (132).

In 2024/25, The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College issued 182 suspensions, 11.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College are Wroughton Junior School (0.2 miles), Wroughton Infant School (0.5 miles), Lift East Wichel (0.9 miles) and Kingfisher CE Academy (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.