Hartland High School
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F23
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Reading, RG2 8AF
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Oakbank School
Hyde End Lane, Ryeish Green, Reading, RG7 1ER
Local ranking10th of 10 secondary schools in Wokingham
Ofsted: Inadequate
Secondary
Phase
560
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 13 November 2024.
School history and status
Continues from Oakbank (URN 138367) since 1 September 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 13 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Placed in a category of concern: Special measures.
Safeguarding standards Not met
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership & management
- Inadequate
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 78
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
- 157 (52%)
- Girls
- 143 (48%)
- Capacity
- 560 (54% 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
*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
- 11.5% 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
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
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 152100
- UKPRN
- 10099260
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
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