Garth Hill College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Bracknell, Bracknell Forest
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bracknell Forest Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Garth Hill College is a secondary school in Bracknell, Bracknell Forest for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. Bracknell Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Garth Hill College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 3 of the 5 other Bracknell Forest secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026: 179 first-choice applications for 243 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 64 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 37% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 44.2 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bracknell Forest schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bull Lane, Bracknell, RG42 2AD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bracknell Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 1,452 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive, friendly school.”
- “They foster strong relationships with staff and with one another.”
- “Pupils’ well-being is a priority.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that pupils’ previous achievement in nationally published results has not always been consistent across the school’s curriculum.”
- “In addition, disadvantaged pupils in particular have not achieved as well as they should.”
- “Occasionally, the checks that some teachers make on pupils’ knowledge are less successful.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 179 first-preference applications, 243 offers in total, 179 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bracknell Forest.
- Ranelagh School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Brakenhale School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King's Academy Easthampstead Park 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Edgbarrow School 4.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sandhurst School 5.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published