Academy · Reading
Reading School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Boys
- Selective (11+)
- Sixth form
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Reading council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 400 families put this school as their first choice, and 146 places were offered. 141 of the families who put it first got a place (35%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 146 | 400 | 35% |
| September 2025 | 146 | 360 | 39% |
| September 2024 | 146 | 423 | 33% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
11+ entrance test
This school sets its own entrance test: Reading School Year 7 Entrance Test. Register with the school directly.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- FunTech at Reading. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 21 November 2023. Overall: Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1138 (capacity 1094)
- Gender
- Boys
- Academy trust
- READING SCHOOL
- Admissions
- Selective (entrance test)
- Phone
- 01189015600
- Address
- Erleigh Road, Reading, RG1 5LW
- Website
- reading-school.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.