Garth Hill College

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Bull Lane
Bracknell
Berkshire
RG42 2AD
Phone 01344421122
Reference Number 110069

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1476
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.27%
Girls: 49.73%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 20.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 128 122 250
8 121 132 253
9 127 138 265
10 145 127 272
11 118 131 249
12 59 49 108
13 44 35 79

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 61.6%
White, Other 11%
African 5.5%
Indian 4.4%
Asian, Other 3.8%
Chinese 2.1%
Mixed, Other 2%
White & Asian 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.6%
Unclassified 1.6%
Pakistani 1.5%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-12-05
Date Description Report
2024-10-22 School inspection School inspection
2021-11-03 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2019-05-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2018-07-04 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2017-02-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-05-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-06-21 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-09-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-05-21 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2007-05-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-03-26 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
42.4 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 37.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 54.6% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 28.41 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 29.77 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 15.5% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 152 30
Third Preference 105 10
From another Local Authority 4 2

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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