Ringwood School (opened in 1959) is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

secondary school and

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situated in Ringwood,

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

, England. It was a specialist

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and became an

academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

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.

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