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Edgbarrow School is a secondary comprehensive school situated in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England. The school is the main state secondary school in the area, and includes Edgbarrow Sixth Form College. It holds the title of a Business and Enterprise College as a specialist school.

The school has approximately 1,100 pupils, most of whom come from Crowthorne schools, such as Broadmoor School and Oaklands School. The school teaches 11-18 year olds, and has some of the best results in Bracknell Forest at GCSE of any non-selective state schools.^[2]

The school is on the boundary of Wildmoor Heath Nature Reserve and covers approximately 10,000 m² (2.5 acres). The school has two large grass playing fields and one astro-turf pitch, which are shared by Edgbarrow Sports Centre, run by the borough council.

The school has four main buildings:

• the main block, teaching English, mathematics, art, modern foreign languages, drama, music and technology
• the humanities block, teaching geography, history, ICT, religious studies and housing the school's library
• the science block
• the administration block, consisting of the central office, conferencing facilities and reprographics

The administration block was built in 2003, whilst the main body of the school was constructed throughout the previous forty years.

Edgbarrow Sixth Form Centre

Over 200 students study at the school sixth form. The college has trialled a fingerprint recognition system, which teachers have proclaimed to be successful.^[3] As well as A-level subjects, students can also follow a GNVQ course, which is an "equivalent" to four GCSEs.^[4] The college is within the top 10% of A-level providers in Great Britain and for this reason the school will begin construction of a new sixth form centre building to allow for the expected increase in student numbers.

1. ^ League tables for GCSE
2. ^ GCSE results
3. ^ Fingerprint recognition scheme
4. ^ Qualifications and Curriculum Organisation

• Edgbarrow School Homepage