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Ranelagh School

Comprehensive

National rank

308

n/a

Rank last year

61^%

A-level

25.8^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Timothy Griffith

Attendance 94.6%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 10.3% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,101

Pupils on free school meals 5.8%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

9.8

20.1

31.1

A*/A

29.9

A*-B

Grade

9/8

13.6

12.2

9/8/7

25.8

What the school inspection says

“Staff are ambitious for all pupils and have created a culture of excellence. Pupils take pride in attending and rise to staff expectations. They are highly motivated and committed to their learning. Pupils achieve exceptionally well … and their behaviour is exemplary. Through the ‘Ranelagh Student Learner Profile,’ staff support pupils to develop character traits such as creativity, independence and resilience. The school provides a well-rounded and excellent education for all pupils. Its vision, ‘though we are many, we are one body’, underpins the inclusive ethos. Pupils and staff typically spoke of a ‘community feel’ to the school.”

Inspection

2024

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

The first Earl of Ranelagh founded the school at Cranbourne Hall in Winkfield in 1709 for 20 boys and 20 girls. It was run by the Rev William Waterson for 50 years. By 1880 it had reached capacity and relocated to a larger site.
Ranelagh gained academy status in 2011 and has high-performing specialist school status in art, business and enterprise.
Its motto, “Though we are many, we are one body”, is taken from the liturgy of the Eucharist (Holy Communion) and underpins the school’s inclusive ethos. The happiness and wellbeing of pupils is a priority.
The actor Nicholas Hoult (X-Men, Nosferatu) and the RAF pilot officer William Kenneth Manifould, who discovered the German Freya radar system on the French coast in 1941, are notable alumni.

enquiries@ranelagh.bonitas.org.uk

Telephone

01344 421 233

Website

ranelagh.bonitas.org.uk

Address

Ranelagh Drive, Bracknell, RG12 9DA

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