Secondary school

Reading Girls' School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Girls
  • Reading
  • RG2 7PY
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2021

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 745 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 23%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 86%86%2016/17: top 46%2017/18: top 42%2018/19: top 20%2021/22: top 19%19% · 2021/222022/23: top 23%2023/24: top 40%2024/25: top 23%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 851.8 · South East 468/10 Above
Grade 5+ English and maths54.5% · South East 44.8%7/10 Above+6.2 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.62 · South East 4.038/10 Above+17.4 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.05 · South East +0.016/10 Middle−44.6 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2016/17Not enough data · South East 30Suppressed in 2016/17 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 43.8 · 130 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 46.7 · 125 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 47.4 · 86 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 52.9 · 95 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 55.9 · 73 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 51.9 · 86 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 47.8 · 137 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 51.8 · 167 pupils · South East 4655.943.8No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 46% · 125 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 41% · 86 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 58% · 95 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 56% · 73 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 59% · 86 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 54% · 137 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 54.5% · 167 pupils · South East 44.8%59%41%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: withheld (1 pupils)2016/17: withheldNo exams

Not published 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25Withheld 2015/16, 2016/17

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
101 of 101 who put it first2014 · 98.7%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st101101
2nd8543
3rd567

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2021

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Goodas predecessor
  4. 2015Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
  6. 2021Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026905
Free school meals (past 6 years)28.3%
First language not English43.1%
SEN support21.7%
EHC plan1.9%
Absence (sessions missed)8.0%
Persistently absent pupils23.4%

Girls 100%Boys 0%

95.6% full · 947 places · 53 in sixth form (2015/16)

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.1
Pupils per adult13.0
  • Classroom teachers 47
  • Leadership 6
  • Teaching assistants 8.2
  • Other support 15.5

Teachers 53 FTE · Whole workforce 76.7 · 81 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,370
Spend per pupil£7,017
Staff spend per pupil£5,033
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,225,000in-year balance

Grants £8,015 · self-generated £355 · premises £328 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE THAMES LEARNING TRUST (6 academies) · trust reserve £10,161,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

137 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86.9%
  • Education83.9%
  • Apprenticeship1.5%
  • Employment1.5%
  • Not sustained5.1%
  • Unknown8%