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State secondary · 11 to 18 · Mixed · 1,491 pupils

Edgbarrow School

Grant Road, Crowthorne, RG45 7HZ · Bracknell Forest
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

Offers reached between 1.13 and 2.7 miles in the last 2 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Bracknell Forest Council offer-day figures, 2024 to 2026.

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Ofsted: Outstanding · November 2022Top 29% (2/7)Oversubscribed · 1.3 first choices per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 551st of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Top 29%.
Top 29% (2/7)Rank among 7 Bracknell Forest secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Bracknell Forest league table →
Inspection
Outstanding, November 2022
Getting in
Oversubscribed; last offer 1.13 mi (2026)
Results
+0.34 progress 8; 54.2 attainment 8
Size
1,491 pupils; 228 places a year; classes of 26
Run by
The Corvus Learning Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11 to 18 · Mixed
Ofsted, November 2022The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +0.34, against -0.01 in Bracknell Forest.
  • Attainment 8: 54.2, against 48.0 in Bracknell Forest.
  • Oversubscribed: 1.3 first choices for each place (Year 7 2026).
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At a glance

Against Bracknell Forest and England
This schoolBracknell ForestEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.34
Better than Bracknell Forest
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
54.2
Better than Bracknell Forest
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
63%
Better than Bracknell Forest
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
5.5%
Better than Bracknell Forest
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
11.4%
Better than Bracknell Forest
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
1.6
Better than Bracknell Forest
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
26.4
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
6%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
17.0
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.3
More sought after than Bracknell Forest
Bracknell Forest and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 286 families put it first for 228 places; 222 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold a catchment map for this school.

Quality

  • Outstanding Ofsted · inspected 22 November 2022
  • Progress 8: +0.34 (England +0.01) (county -0.01) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 54.2 (England 47.4) (county 48.0) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 63% (England 48%) (county 49%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: above average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 5.5% of sessions missed; 11% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.4% and 13% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 2 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 3); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 26.4 pupils; 51% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 17.0 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 245 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 6 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 0 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 7.8 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.9 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • The Corvus Learning Trust, with 7 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined January 2018
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 January 2018 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Edgbarrow School (URN 110049) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 December 2017
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
3 mi1.50
20242026

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026240520240—1.13
Year 72024240447240—2.7

Source: Council offer-day figures: Bracknell Forest Council, 2024 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026228286508222
Year 72025199280514193
Year 72024232242441221
Year 72023203278522198
Year 72022201254452194
Year 72021237290562229
Year 72020206280519202
Year 72019237263520234
Year 72018206281589204

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2018 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.34+0.01-0.012023/2024
Attainment 854.247.448.02025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above63%48%49%2025/2026
Average A level gradeB-——2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 29% (2/7)
A level (16 to 18)Top 34% (2/6)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
22 November 2022Graded inspectionOutstanding

Source: Ofsted, 2022.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2424095%In education 90%; Apprenticeship 0.4%; Employment 3.8%
After GCSEs2022/2321197%In education 90%; Apprenticeship 4.3%; Employment 2.4%
After GCSEs2021/2221198%In education 93%; Apprenticeship 2.4%; Employment 2.8%
After sixth form2023/2417294%Further education 1.7%; Apprenticeship 9.9%; Employment 23%
After sixth form2022/2322190%Further education 0.5%; Apprenticeship 7.2%; Employment 26%
After sixth form2021/2220591%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 3.9%; Employment 30%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Bracknell Forest league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/255.5%4.5%1.0%11%1.1%
2023/246.6%5.7%0.9%17%1.6%
2022/236.3%5.5%0.7%16%1.1%
Schools with a similar intake5.4%13%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (under 10%), the median of 246 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/251.60.7%240
2023/241.91.3%291
2022/232.11.3%320
Schools with a similar intake2.5

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size26.42025/26
Classes over 30 pupils51%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher17.0November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus245

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20250
20241
20231
20223
20211

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 0 serious and 0 fatal in all; 2 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO27.82024
PM1010.12024
PM256.92024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals5.7%2025/26
First language other than English6.6%2025/26
SEN support7.5%2025/26
Education, health and care plan4.4%2025/26
Girls47%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • The Corvus Learning Trust, with 7 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined January 2018
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 January 2018 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Edgbarrow School (URN 110049) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 December 2017
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Bracknell Forest Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Crowthorne and the Bracknell Forest league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.