Oakbank School
Ofsted: Inadequate
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Reading, RG7 1ER
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Oakbank
Hyde End Lane, Ryeish Green, Reading, RG7 1ER
Secondary
Phase
560
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 August 2025 and continues as Oakbank School (URN 152100) (opened 1 September 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 16.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 92
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 406
- Boys
- 207 (51%)
- Girls
- 199 (49%)
- Capacity
- 560 (73% full)
- SEND
- 30.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.5%
- EAL
- 9.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.9%
- SEN Support
- 25.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,042/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.6%
- Black African: 6.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.7%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.5%
- Asian Indian: 2.5%
- Asian Other: 2.5%
70.6%
White British
6.2%
Black African
4.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hyde End Lane
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 138367
- UKPRN
- 10038735
- Establishment No.
- 4000
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