SCHOOL PROFILE

Ridgeway Secondary School: data, trends and context

Ridgeway Secondary School is a secondary school in Worcestershire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
149437
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Worcestershire
Region
West Midlands
Trust
SHIRES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
B96 6BD
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
432
FSM eligible
15.3%
EAL / First language other than English
3.5%
SEND (total)
21.1%
SEN Support
16.4%
EHCP
4.6%
White British
89.1%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.9%
Overall absence
6.1%
Persistent absence
13.6%
Severe absence
3.1%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
WorcestershireLocal authority91.2%8.8%2.5%
West MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
8.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.3%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.30%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
47.0
English & maths grade 5+
54.8%
English & maths grade 4+
80.6%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Ridgeway Secondary School is a secondary school in Worcestershire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.