Schools in Reading
70 schools in the Reading local authority.
Schools
70
Open schools
Pupils
26,379
2025–26 census
Good or better
96%
49 of 51 graded
Academic Performance
5.4
out of 10 · 60 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 7 14%
- Good
- 42 82%
- Requires improvement
- 1 2%
- Inadequate
- 1 2%
5 inspected since 2024, no overall grade5 superseded by a report card14 not judged1 in a category of concern
5.4
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 60 of 70 schools that can be scored
Pupils
26,379
pupils on roll
Boys 49%51% Girls
Ethnicity
White
40%Asian
30%Black
10%Mixed
12%Chinese
2%Any other group
3%Unclassified
3%Ethnicity from 61 of 70 schools (24,241 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 21.9%
- First language not English
- 37.1%
- Young carers
- <1%
5,317 of 24,241 pupils · 61 of 70 schools
9,002 of 24,241 pupils · 61 of 70 schools
124 of 23,764 pupils · 56 of 70 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 42
- Secondary
- 14
- All-through
- 2
- Special
- 5
- Nursery
- 5
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 1
Top primary schools in Reading
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.The Heights Primary SchoolReading · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.All Saints Junior SchoolReading · Primary9.0/10
- 3.Alfred Sutton Primary SchoolReading · Primary8.8/10Good
- 4.Redlands Primary SchoolReading · Primary8.7/10
- 5.St Martin's Catholic Primary SchoolReading · Primary8.4/10Good
- 6.St John's Church of England Primary SchoolReading · Primary7.9/10Good
- 7.Caversham Primary SchoolReading · Primary7.4/10Good
- 8.Emmer Green Primary SchoolReading · Primary7.3/10
- 9.Churchend Primary AcademyReading · Primary7.1/10Good
- 10.Manor Primary SchoolReading · Primary6.8/10Good
- 11.Park Lane Primary SchoolReading · Primary6.8/10Good
- 12.Battle Primary AcademyReading · Primary6.6/10
- 13.Katesgrove Primary SchoolReading · Primary6.6/10Good
- 14.The Hill Primary SchoolReading · Primary6.5/10Good
- 15.Thameside Primary SchoolReading · Primary6.1/10Good
- 16.Caversham Park Primary SchoolReading · Primary6.0/10Good
- 17.Geoffrey Field Junior SchoolReading · Primary5.9/10Good
- 18.Moorlands Primary SchoolReading · Primary5.8/10Good
- 19.Oxford Road Community SchoolReading · Primary5.8/10Good
- 20.Civitas AcademyReading · Primary5.7/10Good
Top secondary schools in Reading
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Kendrick SchoolReading · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Reading SchoolReading · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.Highdown School and Sixth Form CentreReading · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 4.Reading Girls' SchoolReading · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 5.Maiden Erlegh School in ReadingReading · Secondary6.3/10Good
- 6.Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic SchoolReading · Secondary5.7/10Good
- 7.UTC ReadingReading · Secondary2.9/10
- 8.King's Academy ProspectReading · Secondary1.9/10Good
- 9.The WREN SchoolReading · Secondary0.4/10Requires improvement
- 10.Hartland High SchoolReading · Secondary0.3/10Inadequate
Browse all 70 schools in Reading — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Reading
- How many schools are there in Reading?
- Reading has 70 open schools — 42 primary, 14 secondary, 5 special, 5 nursery, teaching 26,379 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Reading are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 49 of the 51 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 96% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 7 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 70: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Reading?
- 5.4 out of 10, averaged across the 60 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Reading schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 19 schools in Reading currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Reading local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Reading covers 70 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Reading are eligible for free school meals?
- 21.9% — 5,317 of 24,241 pupils at the 61 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the South East region.