Maiden Erlegh School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Wokingham
Silverdale Rd, Reading, RG6 7HS
84
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 11/02/2020
Application demand
60%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.0%
19.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,841
Capacity used
Over capacity103%
1,788 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
60%
1st preference success rate
215 of 357 families who put it first got an offer
272
Places offered
912
Total applications
3.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 357 | 215 | ● 60% |
| 2nd preference | 293 | 50 | ● 17% |
| 3rd preference | 165 | 2 | ● 1% |
| 4th preference | 97 | 5 | ● 5% |
| Total | 912 | 272 | 30% |
1st preference success by year
Wokingham lets families list 4 preferences. 243 applications came from outside the council area (28 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Steve Jump
- Address
- Silverdale Rd, Earley, Reading, RG6 7HS
- Phone
- 01189262467
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Ward / constituency
- Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates · Earley and Woodley
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136637
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 7% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 38% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST
1,841 pupils · 1,788 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
30 April 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained - 20
11 February 2020
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,439 pupils
Attendance
93.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 58.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.64 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 73% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 82% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.46 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.63 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 64.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 76.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 75.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.15 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 279 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 38.4 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 20.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 228 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 276 | 22% | 72% | 83% | |
| Mathematics | 273 | 37% | 71% | 85% | |
| English Literature | 261 | 25% | 75% | 87% | |
| Religious Studies | 260 | 51% | 77% | 83% | |
| Combined Science | 220 | 19% | 57% | 77% | |
| Geography | 204 | 29% | 60% | 74% | |
| Art and Design | 115 | 37% | 83% | 97% | |
| French | 83 | 24% | 48% | 58% | |
| Spanish | 73 | 27% | 56% | 70% | |
| History | 66 | 35% | 65% | 70% | |
| Computer Science | 64 | 27% | 59% | 75% | |
| German | 58 | 26% | 60% | 67% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 99 | 20% | 53% | 63% | |
| Psychology | 80 | 5% | 25% | 60% | |
| Sociology | 57 | 14% | 37% | 72% | |
| Biology | 54 | 9% | 33% | 59% | |
| Chemistry | 54 | 13% | 33% | 61% | |
| Economics | 41 | 5% | 32% | 73% | |
| Physics | 37 | 14% | 41% | 68% | |
| Business Studies | 34 | 3% | 24% | 47% | |
| Law | 25 | 4% | 8% | 36% | |
| Computer Science | 20 | 5% | 35% | 65% | |
| History | 18 | 0% | 17% | 61% | |
| Geography | 17 | 12% | 35% | 71% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10072: Maiden Erlegh School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 8 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 66% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 2% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 68% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Wokingham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.