Denefield School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Reading, RG31 6XY
- Distance
- 1.8km away
Little Heath School
Little Heath Road, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 5TY
Local ranking6th of 9 secondary schools in West Berkshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1700
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 253
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 45.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
163
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 376
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1679
- Boys
- 830 (49%)
- Girls
- 852 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1700 (99% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.3%
- EAL
- 13.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 15.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,946/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 61.5%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Asian Indian: 5.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.6%
- Black African: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
61.5%
White British
6.0%
White Other
5.1%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Little Heath Road
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 110063
- UKPRN
- 10003951
- Establishment No.
- 4052
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