Ridgewood School
| Established | 20 October 1968 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Ms Maggie Dunn |
| Location |
Barnsley Road Scawsby Doncaster South Yorkshire DN5 7UB England 53°32′19″N 1°10′57″W / 53.538688°N 1.182446°WCoordinates: 53°32′19″N 1°10′57″W / 53.538688°N 1.182446°W |
| Local authority | Doncaster |
| DfE URN | 137603 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,410 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Colours | Black, Blue |
| Website | Ridgewood School |
Ridgewood School (The Academy @ Ridgewood Trust) is an academy in Scawsby, Doncaster, in England. The school gained academy status in October 2011, and was a specialist Engineering College prior to September 2015.
Ridgewood School accepts pupils from the surrounding areas of Sprotbrough, Sprotbrough village (or Upper Sprotbrough) with Copley Junior School and Richmond Hill Primary School, Cusworth with Saltersgate Infants and Junior School, Barnburgh and Marr with Barnburgh Primary, and Scawsby with Rosedale Primary all leading on to Ridgewood. Pupils from Upper Sprotbrough who previously attended Outwood (formerly Adwick Secondary School), are now in the catchment area of Ridgewood. Ridgewood Academy performs average in Doncaster's league tables for GCSE and other results, often around the middle of league table schools.
Lessons: Ridgewood School teaches lessons in Geography, Music, History, French, Spanish, Art, ICT, Science, Maths, RE, Technology, Food Tech, English, and Drama. The various blocks within which lessons are taught are named for famous creators, inventors or scientists. The creators are as follows: MacAdam, Curie, Newton, Paxton, Telford, Da Vinci, Brunel, Arkwright, Hargreaves and Faraday, the latter of which is predominantly for Post 16 students.
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