Graded inspection · Oct 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry311 applications · 145 places offered · 104 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Reading median median 2.1
- 2025 2.6; Reading median median 2.6
- 2024 1.6; Reading median median 2.6
- 2023 1.6; Reading median median 2.5
- 2022 1.2; Reading median median 2.4
- 2021 1.4; Reading median median 2.3
- 2020 1.4; Reading median median 2.3
- 2019 1.1; Reading median median 2.2
- 2018 1.2; Reading median median 2.1
- 2017 2.0; Reading median median 2.4
- 2016 2.2; Reading median median 2.2
- 2015 2.1; Reading median median 2.6
- 2014 2.0; Reading median median 2.7
- This school
- Reading 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 | 145 | 311 | 2.1 | 104 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2025 | 127 | 330 | 2.6 | 104 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2024 | 229 | 366 | 1.6 | 126 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2023 | 195 | 310 | 1.6 | 117 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2022 | 190 | 227 | 1.2 | 80 | 0.42 |
| Sep 2021 | 176 | 252 | 1.4 | 91 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2020 | 210 | 283 | 1.4 | 85 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2019 | 239 | 273 | 1.1 | 71 | 0.30 |
| Sep 2018 | 228 | 280 | 1.2 | 91 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2017 | 184 | 360 | 2.0 | 122 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2016 | 196 | 433 | 2.2 | 159 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2015 | 229 | 472 | 2.1 | 186 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2014 | 229 | 455 | 2.0 | 199 | 0.87 |
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.) | 222 | 39.7 | 42% | 55% | – |
| 2024/25 | 205 | 36.8 | 29% | 47% | – |
| 2023/24 | 212 | 38.2 | 28% | 54% | −0.39 |
| 2022/23 | 171 | 32.8 | 25% | 37% | −0.71 |
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
- King's Academy ProspectThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.1applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · ReadingRemains Good20232.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Reading20262.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · ReadingNot yet inspected4.1applications per place
- 2.9 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · West BerkshireGood20232.2applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · ReadingOutstanding20223.7applications per place 82.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.1 km · ReadingGood20211.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · ReadingOutstanding20233.4applications per place 80.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 136876 · 870/5410
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 1,157 on roll
- Free school meals
- 40.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Prospect School (URN 110106); Meadway School (URN 110045)
- Address
- Cockney Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4EX
- Local authority
- Reading
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources