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Edgbarrow School

Secondary · Crowthorne · RG45 7HZ

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Outstanding

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.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 22 November 2022

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At a glance

1,491 pupils · 101% of 1,470 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
6.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.edgbarrowschool.co.uk
URN
145244

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 286 families named it first for 228 Year 7 places, 1.25 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.127 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 3 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 22 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.25 first-choice applications per place

228 places offered · 286 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.127 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.127 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

209 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
54.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
80.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
63.6%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.1
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
35.5
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school54.1
Median of its 12 closest peers54.8
Bracknell Forest average47.5
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Downend SchoolBristol · 74 miles awayNo current grade51
Simon Balle All-Through SchoolHertford · 43 miles awayOutstanding55.4
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolCrewe · 143 miles awayGood48.2
Hinchley Wood SchoolEsher · 20 miles awayOutstanding64.5
The Westgate SchoolWinchester · 31 miles awayOutstanding59.8
Thornden SchoolEastleigh · 35 miles awayExceptional59.9
Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeBedford · 47 miles awayGood46.6
Whitley Bay High SchoolWhitley Bay · 256 miles awayOutstanding54.2
St Aidan's Church of England High SchoolHarrogate · 184 miles awayStrong standard56.4
Poynton High SchoolStockport · 148 miles awayGood53
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-MakerfieldWigan · 166 miles awayStrong standard49.1
Balcarras SchoolCheltenham · 64 miles awayOutstanding58.5

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
3 of 5 places taken nearly full

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 74% (Bracknell Forest 68%, England 59%) · Any other White background 8% (Bracknell Forest 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 4% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bracknell Forest 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bracknell Forest 2%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.62 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bracknell Forest: 22.35 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

65.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,500; 8.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,851
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (6%) · supplies and services 15% (11%) · educational supplies 13% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 0% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £296,000; in-year balance +£410,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
97%
Continuing in education
91%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
56%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
26%
Any sustained destination
90%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher42%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.8%62.3%
Social housing9.1%17.1%
Privately rented14.1%20.5%
Detached houses39.8%22.9%
Flats34.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016208 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£440,000221 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£250,000–£589,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (62)£670,000
Semi-detached (35)£525,000
Terraced (41)£440,000
Flat (83)£222,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.81 km, 2026 entry): 742 sales, median £470,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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