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Special / other · Cheltenham · GL52 5QH
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 21 May 2024
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60 pupils · 92% of 65 capacity
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 70% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Website
- www.theridgeacademy.org
- URN
- 138430
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
18 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 21 May 2024: Good
- 6 June 2023: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 16 May 2017: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.