Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Reading, RG1 5SL
- Distance
- 0.0km away
UTC Reading
Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading, RG1 5RQ
Local ranking9th of 10 secondary schools in Reading
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
14-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 4 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 34.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 44.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 68
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 23.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
23.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
23.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
67
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 154
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 286
- Boys
- 219 (73%)
- Girls
- 80 (27%)
- Capacity
- 600 (50% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.5%
- EAL
- 33.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.7%
- SEN Support
- 16.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,587/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
- 13.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 16.9%
- White British: 15.8%
- White Other: 14.7%
- Asian Indian: 11.0%
- Mixed Other: 7.0%
- Asian Other: 7.0%
- Black African: 5.9%
- Other: 5.5%
16.9%
Asian Pakistani
15.8%
White British
14.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Crescent Road
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 139268
- UKPRN
- 10041666
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- ACTIVATE LEARNING EDUCATION TRUST
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