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Ofsted gradeOutstanding

Reading School

Secondary · Reading · RG1 5LW
Ranks above 80% of area schools (6 secondary schools in Reading)

Note Overall effectiveness from the school's most recent inspection under Ofsted's previous (pre-report-card) framework.

✨ Hidden gem Pupils here make more progress than at most schools — it does better than its intake would predict. Based on DfE progress measures (Progress 8 / KS2), not an Ofsted grade.

Results & progress

Department for Education data, 2023/24. Progress measures are value-added (how much pupils progressed versus similar pupils nationally) — a fairer signal than raw results, which partly reflect a school’s intake. Progress 8 is not published for later years (those cohorts missed their KS2 baseline in the pandemic).

Progress 8+0.9 — Well above average
Attainment 881.1
Grade 5+ in English & Maths100%
EBacc average point score8.0

School details

Academy converterBoys onlyGrammarSixth form
TypeAcademy converter
GenderBoys
Religious characterNone
AdmissionsSelective
Age range11–18
Pupils on roll1,138
Sixth formYes
Academy trustREADING SCHOOL
SettingUrban

Inspection history

Previous framework (overall effectiveness) — Outstanding

Inspected 21/11/2023 · Safeguarding: Yes
Sixth formOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Local house prices

Homes within 1 mile sold for a median of £306,000 (2419 sales in the window).

A neighbourhood indicator from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. It is not a catchment measure and does not imply any link between school quality and house prices.