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Best Secondary schools in Reading

Top 20 by latest Ofsted graded judgements.

Summary

Outstanding: 2 Good: 5 Requires improvement: 1 Inadequate: 1

Earliest inspection

13 Dec 2012

Latest inspection

28 Feb 2024

These rankings use each school’s latest graded Ofsted inspection. Ungraded visits do not replace the most recent graded judgement.

1.

Reading School
Secondary • Academy converter • Reading • RG1 5LW

Last inspected on 31 Jan 2024 – graded Outstanding by Ofsted.

Outstanding
2.

Kendrick School
Secondary • Academy converter • Reading • RG1 5BN

Last inspected on 12 Jan 2023 – graded Outstanding by Ofsted.

Outstanding
3.

King's Academy Prospect
Secondary • Academy converter • Reading • RG30 4EX

Last inspected on 29 Nov 2022 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
4.

Reading Girls' School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Reading • RG2 7PY

Last inspected on 20 Jan 2022 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
5.

Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Secondary • Free schools • Reading • RG1 5SL

Last inspected on 5 Jul 2018 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
6.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary • Academy converter • Reading • RG4 8LR

Last inspected on 2 Jun 2015 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
7.

Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Reading • RG30 3EP

Last inspected on 13 Dec 2012 – graded Good by Ofsted.

Good
8.

The WREN School
Secondary • Free schools • Reading • RG30 2BB

Last inspected on 28 Feb 2024 – graded Requires improvement by Ofsted.

Requires improvement
9.

UTC Reading
Secondary • University technical college • Reading • RG1 5RQ

Last inspected on 30 Mar 2023 – graded Inadequate by Ofsted.

Inadequate