Thames Valley School

State-Funded School

thames-valley-school-reading-south-east

South EastRegion

ReadingLocal Authority

Reading West and Mid BerkshireConstituency

RG30 4BZPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Thames Valley School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–16, located in Reading, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 78 pupils. Thames Valley School is part of LIBERTY ACADEMY TRUST LTD..

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

82%Boys

18%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 16
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 78
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: LIBERTY ACADEMY TRUST LTD.

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
13 May 2024	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good
26 Jan 2022	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
26 May 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.