Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Reading, RG4 8LR
- Distance
- 2.1km away
River Academy
7 Richfield Avenue, Reading, RG1 8EQ
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 186
- Boys
- 110 (59%)
- Girls
- 76 (41%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (16% full)
- SEND
- 33.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.0%
- EAL
- 31.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.6%
- SEN Support
- 24.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £11,226/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 32.2%
- White Other: 11.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 10.0%
- Asian Indian: 7.8%
- Black African: 7.2%
- Mixed Other: 6.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.0%
- Asian Other: 4.4%
32.2%
White British
11.7%
White Other
10.0%
Asian Pakistani
Contact & Location
7 Richfield Avenue
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 150728
- UKPRN
- 10095882
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST
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