Best Secondary Schools in Reading

We checked all 32 secondary schools in Reading and list every one: 19 ranked, then 13 without a rank.

Schools checked
32
Ranked
19
Without a rank
13

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Reading. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Reading also has 107 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Reading.

Ranked secondary schools in Reading

  1. 1

    Kendrick School

    Academy, Selective, 939 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    84.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    100%

  2. 1

    Reading School

    Academy, Selective, 1,138 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    83.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    100%

  3. 3

    Maiden Erlegh School

    Academy, 1,841 pupils, inspected February 2020

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    55.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    64.5%

  4. 4

    The Piggott School

    Academy, 1,945 pupils, inspected November 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    61.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    74.6%

  5. 5

    Langtree School

    Academy, 626 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    58.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    70.7%

  6. 6

    The Willink School

    Local authority maintained, 1,205 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Attainment 8
    51.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    57.1%

  7. 7

    Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

    Academy, 1,537 pupils, inspected April 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    50.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    57.3%

  8. 7

    Reading Girls' School

    Academy, 905 pupils, inspected November 2021

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    51.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    54.5%

  9. 7

    The Bulmershe School

    Academy, 1,530 pupils, inspected November 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    50.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    56.3%

  10. 10

    Waingels

    Academy, 1,382 pupils, inspected April 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    50.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    53.6%

  11. 11

    Denefield School

    Academy, 1,171 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    47.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    49.7%

  12. 12

    Little Heath School

    Local authority maintained, 1,682 pupils, inspected July 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    48.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    46.8%

  13. 13

    Maiden Erlegh School in Reading

    Free school, 889 pupils, inspected June 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    45.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    46.7%

  14. 14

    Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge

    Academy, 374 pupils, inspected May 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    44.8%

  15. 15

    Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School

    Local authority maintained, 1,082 pupils, inspected November 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    46.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    39.2%

  16. 16

    The WREN School

    Free school, 931 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Attainment 8
    44.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    41%

  17. 17

    UTC Reading

    Free school, 299 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    42.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    38%

  18. 18

    King's Academy Prospect

    Academy, 1,157 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    36.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    29.3%

  19. 19

    Theale Green School

    Academy, 803 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Attainment 8
    38.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    30.6%

Secondary schools in Reading without a rank