Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 14 April 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 23 January 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry295 applications · 117 places offered · 70 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Reading median median 2.1
- 2025 2.7; Reading median median 2.6
- 2024 3.2; Reading median median 2.6
- 2023 3.2; Reading median median 2.5
- 2022 2.9; Reading median median 2.4
- 2021 2.9; Reading median median 2.3
- 2020 3.3; Reading median median 2.3
- 2019 3.3; Reading median median 2.2
- 2018 2.4; Reading median median 2.1
- 2017 2.4; Reading median median 2.4
- 2016 2.2; Reading median median 2.2
- 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 | 117 | 295 | 2.5 | 70 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2025 | 137 | 368 | 2.7 | 101 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2024 | 164 | 522 | 3.2 | 125 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2023 | 168 | 536 | 3.2 | 154 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 166 | 479 | 2.9 | 171 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 | 167 | 485 | 2.9 | 162 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 164 | 547 | 3.3 | 184 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2019 | 189 | 615 | 3.3 | 230 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2018 | 166 | 401 | 2.4 | 167 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 165 | 393 | 2.4 | 126 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2016 | 134 | 297 | 2.2 | 94 | 0.70 |
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.) | 167 | 39.2 | 34% | 50% | – |
| 2024/25 | 156 | 44.8 | 41% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 186 | 43.0 | 36% | 60% | −0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 156 | 38.7 | 29% | 58% | −0.30 |
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 WREN SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · ReadingRemains Good20232.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · ReadingGood20222.1applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · ReadingNot yet inspected4.1applications per place
- 2.5 km · ReadingOutstanding20223.7applications per place 82.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.9 km · ReadingGood20211.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · ReadingOutstanding20233.4applications per place 80.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.6 km · ReadingSerious weaknesses Inadequate20231.2applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · ReadingRemains Good20233.0applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142121 · 870/4002
- Capacity
- 1,176 pupils · 931 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Address
- 61-63 Bath Road, Reading, RG30 2BB
- Local authority
- Reading
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources