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Garth Hill College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 42 42.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
34.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.21 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 44.2[6] 37.3%[6]
2023/24 42.4[4] 37.9%[4] -0.21[4]
2022/23 42.5[7] 38%[7] -0.22[7]
2021/22 45.3[8] 40%[8] -0.13[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.7% 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 C[10] 9.8%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 15.5%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 13.8%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
41% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
6% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
43% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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 97%[15] 34%[15] 8%[15] 46%[15] 2%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 45%[16] 7%[16] 39%[16] 2%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 47%[17] 10%[17] 36%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 46%[18] 9%[18] 33%[18] 3%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
42% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
10% 2022/23[19]
Employment
37% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 51%[20] 3%[20] 32%[20]
2020/21 86%[21] 58%[21] 5%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 62%[22] 2%[22] 26%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 37%[23] 10%[23] 42%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
59% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
12% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
5% 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 66%[26] 11%[26]
2019/20 67%[25] 13%[25] 5%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 44%[27] 13%[27] 13%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 45%[28] 8%[28] 8%[28] 0%[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
22 Oct 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
4 Dec 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
3 Nov 2021[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] No overall grade[30]
14 May 2019[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
400 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
179 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
243 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 391[32] 166[32] 204[32] 1.9[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 423[32] 165[32] 244[32] 1.7[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2023 421[32] 144[32] 244[32] 1.7[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2022 393[32] 166[32] 257[32] 1.5[32] 0.6[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1550[1]
Local authority
Bracknell Forest[1]
Website
http://www.garthhillcollege.com[1]
District
Bracknell Forest[33]
Postcode
RG42 2AD[1]
URN
110069[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1474 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
20.1% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
6.4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
7.2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.9% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
73.2%[35]
Mixed
7.6%[35]
Asian
10.7%[35]
Black
6.5%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[35]
Unclassified
1.2%[35]

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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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    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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