Reading schools and admissions data

Reading Borough Council has 53 primary schools and 21 secondary schools. 16% of Reading's schools are private schools. 24 state schools in Reading follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 32 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Reading

  1. Outstanding 9
  2. Good 40
  3. Requires Improvement 3
  4. Inadequate 2

Most popular state schools
in Reading in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Wilson Primary School

    Community school • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Oxford Road Community School

    Community school • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Geoffrey Field Infant School

    Community school • Whitley Wood, Reading

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Redlands Primary School

    Community school • Reading

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  5. 5

    Coley Primary School

    Community school • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    The Heights Primary School

    Free schools • Reading

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    All Saints Church of England Aided Infant School

    Voluntary aided school • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Churchend Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Tilehurst, Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Alfred Sutton Primary School

    Community school • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Caversham Primary School

    Community school • Caversham, Reading

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    Emmer Green Primary School

    Community school • Emmer Green, Reading

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    St Anne's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Caversham, Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    The Palmer Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Tilehurst, Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Micklands Primary School

    Community school • Caversham, Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Michael's Primary School

    Community school • Tilehurst, Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    St John's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Southcote Primary School

    Community school • Southcote, Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Manor Primary School

    Community school • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    E P Collier Primary School

    Community school • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Kendrick School

    Academy converter • Reading

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Reading School

    Academy converter • Reading

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

    Academy converter • Emmer Green, Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    The WREN School

    Free schools • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School

    Voluntary aided school • Southcote, Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Maiden Erlegh School in Reading

    Free schools • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Reading Girls' School

    Academy sponsor led • Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    John Madejski Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Reading

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    King's Academy Prospect

    Academy converter • Tilehurst, Reading

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    UTC Reading

    University technical college • East Reading, Reading

    Ofsted: Outstanding

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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