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Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
81 Crescent Road, Reading RG1 5SL · maidenerleghschoolreading.co.uk · 0118 966 8065
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Reading 50.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 889
- 99% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Reading
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 29%
- First language not English
- 51.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Maiden Erlegh Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 131 families put the school first and 169 places were offered; 83% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 169 | 131 | 0.8 | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 177 | 143 | 0.8 | 90% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 180 | 175 | 1 | 73% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 180 | 158 | 0.9 | 84% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 178 | 153 | 0.9 | 80% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.6, and 46.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Reading it was 50.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ●46.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲63.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.26 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 61.8 | −1 |
| Sixth form college | 3.5 | −3.7 |
| Further education | 20.2 | −0.4 |
| Other education | 1.7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.2 | +0.6 |
| Employment | 1.7 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.6 | +0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 5.2 | +1.9 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 21 September 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Maiden Erlegh School in Reading was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 20 Sept 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 61
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (18%) with SEND