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Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge

  • 11–16Ages
  • 374Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 146103URN

Reades Lane, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9LN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.3 above Oxfordshire median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Oxfordshire

200 applications for 79 places · 12th of 38 in Oxfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.2of 90
34th of 41 in Oxfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 9 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 16 June 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 10 May 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.5applications per place, Year 7
0.3 above Oxfordshire median (2.3) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

200 applications · 79 places offered · 16 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.9; Oxfordshire median median 2.2
  3. 2024 3.3; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.6; Oxfordshire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.3; Oxfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.8; Oxfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.0; Oxfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Oxfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.4; Oxfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; Oxfordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Oxfordshire median in 8 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Chiltern Edge Community School (URN 123245), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026792002.5160.20
Sep 20251012892.9570.56
Sep 20241254103.3740.59
Sep 20231473792.61040.71
Sep 20221643572.2700.43
Sep 20211583402.2460.29
Sep 20201362802.1520.38
Sep 20191473392.3570.39
Sep 2018 *1202111.8350.29
Sep 2017 *1743532.01130.65
Sep 2016 *1753582.11190.68
Sep 2015 *1473562.4870.59
Sep 2014 *1593422.2920.58

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

78 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.234th of 41 in Oxfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths32%33rd of 41 in Oxfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths51%
  • This school
  • Oxfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.40
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)7839.232%51%–
2024/256744.345%63%–
2023/247137.631%45%−0.40
2022/235037.424%46%−0.39

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

  • 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
146103 · 931/4013
Trust
Maiden Erlegh Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
934 pupils · 374 on roll
Free school meals
23.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2018
Replaced
Chiltern Edge Community School (URN 123245)
Address
Reades Lane, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9LN
Local authority
Oxfordshire · South Oxfordshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources