The WREN School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D52
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Reading, RG30 2BB
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Fawley Road, Southcote, Reading, RG30 3EP
Local ranking6th of 10 secondary schools in Reading
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
922
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 14 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 186
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 67.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
38
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 8.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 128
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1045
- Boys
- 546 (50%)
- Girls
- 536 (50%)
- Capacity
- 922 (117% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.3%
- EAL
- 38.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.5%
- SEN Support
- 11.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,810/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
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 24.1%
- White Other: 20.4%
- Black African: 19.1%
- Asian Indian: 8.3%
- Asian Other: 6.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.2%
- Mixed Other: 4.1%
- Black Other: 3.8%
24.1%
White British
20.4%
White Other
19.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 110107
- UKPRN
- 10000768
- Establishment No.
- 5411
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