Tring School

Tring School continues to demonstrate good performance overall, ensuring that pupils and students feel safe and happy within a strong community atmosphere. The school maintains high expectations for academic success, with most pupils achieving well in their examinations, although there are still areas for improvement, particularly in the uptake and success of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects. The curriculum is well organised and effectively delivered, and the school’s commitment to online learning has proven beneficial, particularly evident during the pandemic when education was able to continue seamlessly.

Strengths

• Strong provision for personal development, including extracurricular activities.
• Effective use of technology for enhancing learning through online resources.
• High expectations set for academic achievement across all year groups.
• Strong emphasis on inclusion and diversity, particularly through student-led initiatives.
• Secure subject knowledge leading to good examination outcomes.

Areas for Improvement

• Low numbers of pupils taking and passing modern foreign languages examinations.
• Cultural knowledge extension in some subjects insufficient for deeper understanding.
• Need for improved communication with parents, especially regarding SEND and pupil progress.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Tring School attended 89.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 32.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.3% of pupils at Tring School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Tring School had 17.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.2% of pupils at Tring School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Tring School received £7,940 and spent £7,621 for each of its 1,584 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,496,000 (£944 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Ridgeway Learning Partnership, income was £7,682 and spending £7,574 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Tring School is part of Ridgeway Learning Partnership, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Grove Road Primary School Tring
• Dundale Primary School and Nursery Tring

What is Tring School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tring School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Tring School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tring School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Tring School have?

Tring School has 1,599 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tring School cover?

Tring School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Tring School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.4, and 60% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Tring School?

Tring School is at Mortimer Hill, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 5JD.