Ridgeway Secondary School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Redditch, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.922 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ridgeway Secondary School is a secondary school in Redditch, Worcestershire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Ridgeway Secondary 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 | 3.922 mi |
| 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 3.922 miles from the school, nearer than in 2023.
- Of the 15 Worcestershire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance, it was the 8th longest; the middle figure was 3.92 miles.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 111 first-choice applications for 112 offers; 102 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 55% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Worcestershire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Worcestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Evesham Road, Redditch, B96 6BD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 432 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Ridgeway Secondary School sets high expectations, which pupils meet.”
- “Daily routines are simple and fair.”
- “Corridors are calm and disruption is rare.”
To improve
- “However, in some lessons this is not always the case.”
- “Pupils move on to new learning before their knowledge is secure.”
- “This limits what they can do next.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2025 (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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47 | 46 |
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: 111 first-preference applications, 112 offers in total, 102 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 Worcestershire.
- St Augustine's Catholic High School 1.5 mi Outstanding
- Tudor Grange Academy Redditch 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Arrow Vale High School 3.5 mi Standards maintained
- Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre 3.9 mi Good
- South Bromsgrove High 7.3 mi Good
- North Bromsgrove High School 7.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Woodrush High School 9.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre 9.7 mi Good