Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in West Berkshire
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 | Good | |||
| 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 entry437 applications · 203 places offered · 217 named it first
- 2026 2.2; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2024 2.5; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2023 2.3; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2022 2.4; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2021 2.3; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.5; West Berkshire median median 1.7
- 2019 2.9; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.5; West Berkshire median median 1.7
- 2017 2.2; West Berkshire median median 1.6
- 2016 2.2; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2015 2.4; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 203 | 437 | 2.2 | 217 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 | 208 | 440 | 2.1 | 209 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 196 | 487 | 2.5 | 212 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2023 | 200 | 452 | 2.3 | 199 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 196 | 471 | 2.4 | 230 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 194 | 446 | 2.3 | 182 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 198 | 487 | 2.5 | 219 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 | 197 | 579 | 2.9 | 271 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2018 | 199 | 496 | 2.5 | 253 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2017 | 200 | 443 | 2.2 | 201 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 199 | 430 | 2.2 | 212 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 191 | 465 | 2.4 | 238 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2014 | 189 | 372 | 2.0 | 174 | 0.92 |
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.) | 176 | 49.0 | 49% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 183 | 47.0 | 50% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 189 | 49.3 | 53% | 73% | +0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 180 | 52.2 | 56% | 76% | +0.44 |
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
- Denefield SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.2applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · ReadingGood20222.1applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · West Berkshire20262.1applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · ReadingRemains Good20232.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · Reading20262.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · ReadingNot yet inspected4.1applications per place
- 5.7 km · ReadingRemains Good20242.0applications per place 54.9Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · Oxfordshire20262.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 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
- 137777 · 869/5404
- Trust
- Denefield School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,137 pupils · 1,171 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2012
- Replaced
- Denefield School (URN 110100)
- Address
- Long Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6XY
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources