The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College | |
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Address | |
Inverary Road , , SN4 9DJ | |
Coordinates | 51°31′49″N 1°47′30″W / 51.5303°N 1.7916°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Established | 1967 |
Department for Education URN | 137160 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Adrian Cush[1] |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1600[2] (October 2023) |
Website | www |
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Wroughton, near Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire.
The school was established in 1967 and was the first purpose-built comprehensive school in Wiltshire. Previously a foundation school administered by Swindon Borough Council, it converted to academy status in August 2011 and is part of the White Horse Federation, a multi-academy trust.[3] The school continues to coordinate with Swindon Borough Council for admissions.
The school's catchment area includes Bishopstone, Hinton Parva, Wanborough, Liddington, Coate, Badbury, Chiseldon, Hodson, Bassett Down, Uffcott, Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett. The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.