Edgbarrow School

Edgbarrow School has received an outstanding rating across all areas of its first inspection, following its prior classification as outstanding before becoming an academy. The school is characterized by a strong commitment to pupil well-being and achievement, fostering an inclusive and supportive environment where students feel like part of a family. The curriculum is excellently designed to meet the diverse needs of pupils, ensuring they are well-prepared for future challenges while also achieving high academic standards.

Strengths

• Pupils show high levels of engagement and enthusiasm in their learning.
• The curriculum is rich and thoughtfully designed, catering to the interests and needs of pupils.
• Teachers possess strong subject knowledge and maintain high expectations for all students.
• The school celebrates diversity and promotes inclusion effectively.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities achieve as highly as their peers.
• There are extensive extracurricular opportunities that foster personal development.
• Leaders demonstrate a proactive approach to continuous improvement and staff training.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective and tailored to student needs.

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 Edgbarrow School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 11.4% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Edgbarrow 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 Edgbarrow School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% 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, 7.5% of pupils at Edgbarrow School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.4% 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 Edgbarrow School received £8,187 and spent £8,138 for each of its 1,482 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £393,000 (£265 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of The Corvus Learning Trust, income was £8,871 and spending £8,736 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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All schools in Crowthorne · Bracknell Forest local authority: places and applications

Edgbarrow School is part of The Corvus Learning Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Oaklands Junior School Crowthorne
• Oaklands Infant School Crowthorne
• Sandhurst School Sandhurst
• Hatch Ride Primary School Crowthorne
• Kennel Lane School Bracknell
• The Bulmershe School Reading

What is Edgbarrow School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Edgbarrow School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Edgbarrow School last inspected by Ofsted?

Edgbarrow School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Edgbarrow School have?

Edgbarrow School has 1,491 pupils on roll.

What age range does Edgbarrow School cover?

Edgbarrow School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Edgbarrow School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 54.2, and 63% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Edgbarrow School?

Edgbarrow School is at Grant Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG45 7HZ.