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Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Reades Lane, Sonning Common, Reading RG4 9LN · maidenerleghchilternedge.co.uk · 0118 972 1500
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Oxfordshire 46.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 374
- 40% of 934 places
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 23.5%
- First language not English
- 9.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Maiden Erlegh Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 79 places were offered; 100% 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 | 79 | 16 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 101 | 57 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 125 | 74 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 147 | 104 | 0.7 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 164 | 70 | 0.4 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.3, and 44.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Oxfordshire it was 46.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ●44.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼62.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ●40.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.02 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123245)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 15.5 | +1.5 |
| Sixth form college | 25.4 | −22 |
| Further education | 38 | +15.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.2 | +2.4 |
| Employment | 5.6 | +0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.6 | +0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 5.6 | +3.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge on 16 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 123245), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123245)
Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 123245)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 69
- 20% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (28%) with SEND