Graded inspection · Nov 2021 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry281 applications · 154 places offered · 101 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Reading median median 2.1
- 2025 1.8; Reading median median 2.6
- 2024 1.9; Reading median median 2.6
- 2023 1.9; 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 1.0; Reading median median 2.2
- 2018 1.0; Reading median median 2.1
- 2017 1.7; Reading median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; Reading median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Reading median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Reading median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Reading median
Dashed bars: as Reading Girls' School (URN 110096), the previous school.
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 | 154 | 281 | 1.8 | 101 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2025 | 177 | 324 | 1.8 | 119 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2024 | 177 | 333 | 1.9 | 113 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2023 | 179 | 348 | 1.9 | 124 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2022 | 201 | 239 | 1.2 | 102 | 0.51 |
| Sep 2021 | 193 | 265 | 1.4 | 98 | 0.51 |
| Sep 2020 | 161 | 229 | 1.4 | 104 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2019 | 170 | 161 | 1.0 | 68 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2018 | 114 | 109 | 1.0 | 33 | 0.29 |
| Sep 2017 * | 99 | 167 | 1.7 | 56 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2016 * | 90 | 189 | 2.1 | 69 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2015 * | 130 | 233 | 1.8 | 83 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2014 * | 126 | 190 | 1.5 | 77 | 0.61 |
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.) | 182 | 52.2 | 58% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 167 | 51.8 | 55% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 137 | 47.8 | 54% | 67% | +0.05 |
| 2022/23 | 86 | 51.9 | 59% | 70% | +0.61 |
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 Girls' SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20211.8applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · ReadingSerious weaknesses Inadequate20231.2applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · ReadingOutstanding20233.4applications per place 80.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.7 km · ReadingOutstanding20223.7applications per place 82.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.0 km · ReadingGraded · no overall grade202534.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · ReadingRemains Good20233.0applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · WokinghamStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Reading20262.5applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · ReadingRemains Good20232.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144610 · 870/4003
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 947 pupils · 905 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- Reading Girls' School (URN 110096)
- Address
- Northumberland Avenue, Reading, RG2 7PY
- Local authority
- Reading
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources