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Edgbarrow School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 54.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
62.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
21.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.34 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 54.1[6] 63.6%[6]
2023/24 54[4] 62.1%[4] +0.34[4]
2022/23 53.5[7] 61%[7] +0.36[7]
2021/22 59.8[8] 68%[8] +0.53[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19.6% 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 B[10] 21%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 23.1%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 22.5%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 10.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
67% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
10% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
12% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 99%[15] 71%[15] 7%[15] 13%[15] 2%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 74%[16] 8%[16] 13%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 79%[17] 8%[17] 11%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 78%[18] 4%[18] 10%[18] 1%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
Education
57% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
26% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 57%[20] 4%[20] 28%[20]
2020/21 95%[21] 68%[21] 8%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 63%[22] 5%[22] 23%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 54%[23] 6%[23] 28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
67% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
28% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 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 74%[26] 31%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 22%[25] 19%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 60%[27] 14%[27] 15%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 65%[28] 19%[28] 17%[28] 1%[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 Nov 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
12 Jan 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
508 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
286 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
228 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 514[30] 280[30] 199[30] 2.6[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2024 441[30] 242[30] 232[30] 1.9[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2023 522[30] 278[30] 203[30] 2.6[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2022 452[30] 254[30] 201[30] 2.2[30] 1.3[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1470[1]
Trust
THE CORVUS LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Bracknell Forest[1]
Website
http://www.edgbarrowschool.co.uk[1]
District
Bracknell Forest[31]
Postcode
RG45 7HZ[1]
URN
145244[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1482 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
6.4% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
7.2% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
4% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
5.6% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
82.1%[33]
Mixed
5.8%[33]
Asian
8%[33]
Black
1.8%[33]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[33]
Unclassified
1.6%[33]

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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