Ruskin College

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Ruskin College, a state secondary for students aged 16 to 99 in Oxford, holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement grade in 2013. The school’s Progress 8 score of -0.22, however, tells a more nuanced story. This metric, which measures how much progress pupils make between the end of primary school and their GCSEs compared with the national average, places Ruskin below both the Oxfordshire local authority average of -0.07 and the national average of 0. Nationally, the school ranks in the 65th percentile, meaning roughly a third of schools perform worse on this measure. Within Oxfordshire, it sits 28th out of 46 similar schools, and sixth out of seven schools in the city of Oxford itself. The Attainment 8 score of 42.2, which reflects average GCSE results across eight subjects, is also modest, and the school’s EBacc average point score of 3.66 suggests a curriculum that is not heavily weighted toward the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects.

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