Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in ReadingSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry467 applications · 127 places offered · 351 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.7; Reading median median 2.1
- 2025 3.9; Reading median median 2.6
- 2024 4.0; Reading median median 2.6
- 2023 4.2; Reading median median 2.5
- 2022 3.4; Reading median median 2.4
- 2021 5.8; Reading median median 2.3
- 2020 3.1; Reading median median 2.3
- 2019 3.5; Reading median median 2.2
- 2018 2.7; Reading median median 2.1
- 2017 2.7; Reading median median 2.4
- 2016 2.8; Reading median median 2.2
- 2015 3.1; Reading median median 2.6
- 2014 3.4; Reading median median 2.7
- This school
- Reading median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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 | 127 | 467 | 3.7 | 351 | 2.76 |
| Sep 2025 | 127 | 495 | 3.9 | 384 | 3.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 128 | 505 | 4.0 | 374 | 2.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 128 | 532 | 4.2 | 396 | 3.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 126 | 434 | 3.4 | 310 | 2.46 |
| Sep 2021 | 127 | 742 | 5.8 | 579 | 4.56 |
| Sep 2020 | 128 | 395 | 3.1 | 285 | 2.23 |
| Sep 2019 | 95 | 332 | 3.5 | 246 | 2.59 |
| Sep 2018 | 95 | 259 | 2.7 | 197 | 2.07 |
| Sep 2017 | 95 | 255 | 2.7 | 196 | 2.06 |
| Sep 2016 | 96 | 272 | 2.8 | 175 | 1.82 |
| Sep 2015 | 96 | 301 | 3.1 | 205 | 2.14 |
| Sep 2014 | 93 | 314 | 3.4 | 230 | 2.47 |
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.) | 129 | 82.4 | 99% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 128 | 84.0 | 100% | 100% | – |
| 2023/24 | 97 | 84.4 | 100% | 100% | +1.07 |
| 2022/23 | 100 | 84.3 | 100% | 100% | +1.06 |
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
- Kendrick SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20223.7applications per place 82.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.8 km · ReadingOutstanding20233.4applications per place 80.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.7 km · ReadingGood20211.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · ReadingRemains Good20233.0applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · ReadingGraded · no overall grade202534.5Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · ReadingNot yet inspected4.1applications per place
- 2.5 km · Reading20262.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · ReadingRemains Good20232.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · ReadingSerious weaknesses Inadequate20231.2applications per place 37.8Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136448 · 870/5413
- Trust
- Kendrick School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 920 pupils · 939 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2011
- Replaced
- Kendrick School (URN 110042)
- Address
- London Road, Reading, RG1 5BN
- Local authority
- Reading
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources