Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Reading, RG1 5SL
- Distance
- 1.7km away
The Bulmershe School
Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3EU
Local ranking9th of 10 secondary schools in Wokingham
Updated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1400
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from The Bulmershe School (URN 110062) since 1 February 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 50.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 251
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
111
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 26.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 253
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1506
- Boys
- 752 (49%)
- Girls
- 778 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1400 (109% full)
- SEND
- 9.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.0%
- EAL
- 26.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 6.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 88.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,021/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
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 48.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 10.6%
- Asian Indian: 9.3%
- White Other: 7.9%
- Black African: 4.2%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
- Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.0%
48.0%
White British
10.6%
Asian Pakistani
9.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Woodlands Avenue
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 149611
- UKPRN
- 10092141
- Establishment No.
- 4051
- Trust
- THE CORVUS LEARNING TRUST
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