The Ridgeway School

State-Funded School

the-ridgeway-school-surrey-south-east

South EastRegion

SurreyLocal Authority

Farnham and BordonConstituency

GU9 8HBPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Ridgeway School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Surrey, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 113 pupils. The Ridgeway School is part of Weydon Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

82%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

113

Total Pupils

63%Boys

37%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

41%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 113
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: Weydon Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 4 June 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 Jun 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.