Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Reading, RG4 8LR
- Distance
- 3.7km away
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge
Reades Lane, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9LN
Local ranking34th of 41 secondary schools in Oxfordshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
934
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 16 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 78
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 421
- Boys
- 197 (53%)
- Girls
- 177 (47%)
- Capacity
- 934 (40% full)
- SEND
- 35.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.7%
- EAL
- 9.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.4%
- SEN Support
- 29.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,843/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
- 11.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 69.7%
- White Other: 7.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
- Black African: 2.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- Black Caribbean: 1.4%
69.7%
White British
7.9%
White Other
3.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Reades Lane
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 146103
- UKPRN
- 10068295
- Establishment No.
- 4013
- Trust
- MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST
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