Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in West Berkshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 5 October 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry345 applications · 201 places offered · 214 named it first
- 2026 1.7; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.9; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.9; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.7; West Berkshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.9; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.6; West Berkshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.6; West Berkshire median median 1.6
- 2016 1.5; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.8; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.6; West Berkshire median median 1.7
- This school
- West Berkshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 201 | 345 | 1.7 | 214 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2025 | 195 | 359 | 1.8 | 222 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2024 | 200 | 367 | 1.8 | 222 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2023 | 208 | 359 | 1.7 | 240 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2022 | 207 | 393 | 1.9 | 247 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2021 | 200 | 371 | 1.9 | 230 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2020 | 204 | 353 | 1.7 | 201 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 206 | 390 | 1.9 | 245 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2018 | 192 | 311 | 1.6 | 232 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2017 | 174 | 276 | 1.6 | 180 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 | 177 | 271 | 1.5 | 179 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2015 | 177 | 320 | 1.8 | 215 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 | 167 | 269 | 1.6 | 174 | 1.04 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 197 | 55.8 | 64% | 83% | – |
| 2024/25 | 203 | 51.9 | 57% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 194 | 49.1 | 54% | 76% | +0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 201 | 51.3 | 59% | 74% | +0.31 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Willink SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 55.8Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · West Berkshire20262.1applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · ReadingGood20222.1applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · ReadingRemains Good20232.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · WokinghamSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · Reading20262.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · ReadingSerious weaknesses Inadequate20231.2applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · HampshireStandards maintained20241.4applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 110048 · 869/4031
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 995 pupils · 1,205 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 1900
- Address
- School Lane, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3XJ
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources