Garth Hill College

Community school·Secondary school Bracknell Forest·RG42 2AD
Composite score
55.2
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#1,866
National rank
#288
In South East
#4
In Bracknell Forest
Top 59%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
58%
% EBacc grade 5+
7%
EBacc average points score
3.74

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
179 first choices, 243 places
First choices per place
0.74
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
400
any preference, for 243 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6520220.5920230.6820240.8120250.742026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Garth Hill College first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,474
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
20.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
7.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,424
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
96%
230 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Garth Hill College

Garth Hill College is a secondary school in Bracknell Forest, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 1,474 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 44.2 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.8 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 58% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Garth Hill College their first choice was offered one of its 243 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.6%. There are about 15.6 pupils per teacher. Garth Hill College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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