Cressex Lodge SchoolHigh Close School
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares Cressex Lodge School and High Close School.
Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Cressex Lodge School was judged Outstanding and High Close School was judged Good.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 8.8 for Cressex Lodge School and 1.8 for High Close School.
GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Cressex Lodge School (17.8 in 2021-22, 8.8 in 2024-25) and has fallen at High Close School (4.1 in 2021-22, 1.8 in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | ReadingCressex Lodge School | WokinghamHigh Close School | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure | Ofsted: Good | |
| School type | Other independent special school | Non-maintained special school | |
| Age range | 11-18 | 7-18 | |
| Gender | Boys | Mixed | |
| Pupils on roll | 18 | 68 | |
| Capacity | 24 | 94 | |
| Location | Reading, RG42 4DE | Wokingham, RG40 1TS | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 8.8 Stronger figure | 1.8 | 46.0 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0.0% | 0.0% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0.0% | 0.0% | 64.8% |
| Entering EBacc | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.5% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.31 Stronger figure | 0.00 | 4.09 |
| Cohort | 6 | 15 | |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 12 | 73 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 0.0% | 48.6% | |
| English as an additional language | Not reported | 2.7% | |
| SEN support | 41.7% | 0.0% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 58.3% | 100.0% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | Not reported | 12.1% | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | Not reported | 38.8% | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
GCSE Attainment 8
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
High Close School
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