Ringwood School Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Ringwood, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ringwood School Academy is a secondary school in Ringwood, Hampshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2022. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Ringwood School Academy 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 |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 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 was the case at 26 of the 65 other Hampshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 6 earlier Year 7 years, though not in 2026.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 240 first-choice applications for 243 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, BH24 1SE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,592 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders at Ringwood School Academy provide a high quality of education for all.”
- “Pupils are at the centre of the school’s vision.”
- “They are ‘inspired to learn’ and ‘supported to succeed’.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils, parents and carers feel that it is not always dealt with effectively.”
- “They support pupils who struggle with reading although this has not yet had the desired impact, particularly with a small group of disadvantaged pupils.”
- “The new approach to further develop reading, literacy and oracy across the curriculum is in its infancy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 2023 (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) | 68% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 56.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 240 first-preference applications, 243 offers in total, 240 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 Hampshire.
- The Burgate School and Sixth Form 6.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Arnewood School 8.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Priestlands School 12.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hounsdown School 13.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Testwood School 13.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Applemore College 15.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Romsey School 15.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Noadswood School 16.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published