Ringwood School

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Ringwood School
Address
Ringwood School
Parsonage Barn Lane

, ,
BH24 1SE

England
Coordinates 50°50′52″N1°47′01″W / 50.84778°N 1.78374°W / 50.84778; -1.78374
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Hampshire
Department for Education URN 136657 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherLeanne Symonds
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 19
Website http://www.ringwood.hants.sch.uk/

Ringwood School (opened in 1959) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated in Ringwood, Hampshire, England.

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It was a specialist Language College and became an academy in April 2011, and gained National Teaching School status in July 2011. The school was one of the first 100 designated a Teaching School in the United Kingdom in July 2011.

Sustainability

The school gained the ‘Eco-Schools Green Flag Award’ in 2006, 2008 and 2010. This led to it being designated as one of only 36 schools across the country to ‘lead sustainable development’ by the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) in 2008. The school has recently[ when? ] applied for Ambassador Status for Sustainability.

Ofsted

The school was recognised by Ofsted as ‘outstanding overall’ and ‘outstanding in its Sixth Form provision’ in November 2008, [1] and also Sixth Form Outstanding - 2013. [2]

Academics

In 2022, 84% of pupils resulted with 5 subjects from 9–7 with 97% of students achieving 5 subjects from 9-4

Sixth Form

Ringwood School has a Sixth Form on campus. The school has a student leadership team, coordinated by various committees, such as the Political Committee which ran monthly question-time style events debating current and topical issues for students.

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References

  1. "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". 8 October 2020.
  2. http://www.ringwood.hants.sch.uk (home page)