Ringwood School

Ringwood School
Address
Parsonage Barn Lane Ringwood , Hampshire , BH24 1SE England
Coordinates	50°50′52″N 1°47′01″W
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	'Learn all you can' 'Achieve as much as you can' 'Help others whenever you can'
Local authority	Hampshire
Specialist	A National Teaching Academy
Department for Education URN	116496 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Leanne Symonds
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 19
Website	http://www.ringwood.hants.sch.uk/

Ringwood School (opened in 1959) is an 11-19 National Teaching Academy. The school is situated in Ringwood, Hampshire, and currently has over 1600 students. It was a specialist Language College but has successfully become an Academy in April 2011 and gained National Teaching School status in July 2011. The school was one of the first 100 designated a Teaching School in the United Kingdom in July 2011.

Sustainability

The school gained the ‘Eco-Schools Green Flag Award’ in 2006, 2008 and 2010. This led to it being designated as one of only 36 schools across the country to ‘lead sustainable development’ by the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) in 2008. The school has recently applied for Ambassador Status for Sustainability.

Ofsted

The school was recognised by Ofsted as ‘outstanding overall’ and ‘outstanding in its Sixth Form provision’ in November 2008, and also Sixth Form Outstanding - 2013.

Academics

In 2012 76% of students achieved 5 A*-C GCSE grades (or equivalent) and 97% of students achieved 3 or more A levels at A*-E (including equivalences).

Sixth Form

Ringwood School has a Sixth Form on campus. The school has a student leadership team, coordinated by various committees, such as the Political Committee which ran monthly question-time style events debating current and topical issues for students.

External links

• Ringwood School