Highdown School and Sixth Form CentreRiver Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Reading.

Summary of the comparison

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre and River Academy are secondary schools in Reading.

Side-by-side comparison

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre versus River Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ReadingHighdown School and Sixth Form CentreReadingRiver AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC63/100 Not scored
Local ranking3rd of 10 in Reading Not ranked
InspectionOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Free schools
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,537 373
Capacity1,440 1,200
LocationReading, RG4 8LR Reading, RG1 8EQ
GCSE results
Attainment 854.9 Not reported46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths64.4% Not reported46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths79.6% Not reported64.8%
Cohort250 Not reported
A-level results
A-level entries141 Not reported
A-level average points34.4 Not reported35.0
A-level average gradeC+ Not reported
Best 3 A-levels points34.7 Not reported35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects16.8% Not reported17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,545 186
Free school meals (ever 6)11.1% 29.0%
English as an additional language16.1% 31.7%
SEN support11.6% 24.7%
SEN with an EHC plan1.7% 8.6%
Attendance
Overall absence8.3% 5.1% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence21.0% 9.9% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

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