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Academy · Year 7–Year 13 · 1,440 pupils
Ridgeway Academy
Herns Lane, Welwyn Garden City AL7 2AF
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
875
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 1,220
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Ambition Education Trust
Schola Grade 2
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Ridgeway Academy
Ridgeway Academy is a secondary academy in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of Ambition Education Trust.
It has 875 pupils on roll and room for 1,220. It has a sixth form. Its Schola Grade is 2 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–18
- Official type
- Academy sponsor led
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 875
- Capacity
- 1,220 pupils
- Free school meals
- 33.50% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Ambition Education Trust
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 146305
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