Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8LR
Local ranking4th of 10 secondary schools in Reading
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1440
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 50.4
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.6%
- Entering EBacc
- 39.1%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6
- Cohort Size
- 248
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 45.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.4
Avg Points/Entry
34.7
Best 3 A-Levels
141
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.8%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 327
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1545
- Boys
- 845 (55%)
- Girls
- 700 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1440 (107% full)
- SEND
- 13.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.1%
- EAL
- 16.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 11.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 88.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,993/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.0%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 60.5%
- White Other: 7.7%
- Other: 7.7%
- Asian Indian: 3.8%
- Asian Chinese: 3.3%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%
60.5%
White British
7.7%
White Other
7.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136307
- UKPRN
- 10032203
- Establishment No.
- 4020
- Trust
- GLF SCHOOLS