Graded inspection · Nov 2023 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 entry492 applications · 146 places offered · 400 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.4; Reading median median 2.1
- 2025 3.1; Reading median median 2.6
- 2024 3.6; Reading median median 2.6
- 2023 3.4; Reading median median 2.5
- 2022 3.4; Reading median median 2.4
- 2021 4.8; Reading median median 2.3
- 2020 2.3; Reading median median 2.3
- 2019 2.3; Reading median median 2.2
- 2018 2.1; Reading median median 2.1
- 2017 2.0; Reading median median 2.4
- 2016 2.2; Reading median median 2.2
- 2015 2.6; Reading median median 2.6
- 2014 3.1; 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 | 146 | 492 | 3.4 | 400 | 2.74 |
| Sep 2025 | 146 | 448 | 3.1 | 360 | 2.47 |
| Sep 2024 | 146 | 524 | 3.6 | 423 | 2.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 148 | 498 | 3.4 | 384 | 2.59 |
| Sep 2022 | 147 | 503 | 3.4 | 404 | 2.75 |
| Sep 2021 | 146 | 696 | 4.8 | 523 | 3.58 |
| Sep 2020 | 146 | 337 | 2.3 | 262 | 1.79 |
| Sep 2019 | 149 | 344 | 2.3 | 267 | 1.79 |
| Sep 2018 | 148 | 309 | 2.1 | 238 | 1.61 |
| Sep 2017 | 150 | 299 | 2.0 | 238 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2016 | 143 | 310 | 2.2 | 230 | 1.61 |
| Sep 2015 | 115 | 301 | 2.6 | 212 | 1.84 |
| Sep 2014 | 108 | 333 | 3.1 | 241 | 2.23 |
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.) | 157 | 80.6 | 97% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 149 | 83.0 | 100% | 100% | – |
| 2023/24 | 150 | 81.1 | 100% | 100% | +0.89 |
| 2022/23 | 149 | 82.2 | 99% | 99% | +0.97 |
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
- Reading SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20233.4applications per place 80.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.8 km · ReadingOutstanding20223.7applications per place 82.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.0 km · ReadingRemains Good20233.0applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · ReadingGraded · no overall grade202534.5Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · ReadingGood20211.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · WokinghamStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · ReadingSerious weaknesses Inadequate20231.2applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · WokinghamNot yet inspected2.8applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · ReadingNot yet inspected4.1applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136449 · 870/5401
- Trust
- Reading School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,094 pupils · 1,138 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2011
- Replaced
- Reading School (URN 110097)
- Address
- Erleigh Road, Reading, RG1 5LW
- Local authority
- Reading
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources