Ranelagh School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bracknell, Bracknell Forest
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Bracknell Forest Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ranelagh School is a secondary school in Bracknell, Bracknell Forest for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Bracknell Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Ranelagh School 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 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
- Year 7 2026 drew 240 first-choice applications for 174 offers; 162 offers went to first-choice families, and 78 first-choice families (33%) were not offered a place.
- Its 1.4 first choices per offer for Year 7 2026 was the highest of 6 Bracknell Forest secondary schools.
- Free school meal eligibility is 5.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 21.2% across the 5 nearest secondary schools in Bracknell Forest.
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
- Ranelagh Drive, Bracknell, RG12 9DA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bracknell Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 1,138 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Staff are ambitious for all pupils and have created a culture of excellence.”
- “Pupils take pride in attending this school and rise to staff expectations.”
- “They are highly motivated and committed to their learning.”
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) | 59% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.4 | 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, 174 offers in total, 162 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.
- The Brakenhale School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Garth Hill College 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- King's Academy Easthampstead Park 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Edgbarrow School 3.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sandhurst School 4.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published