Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Reading
81 Crescent Road, Reading, RG1 5SL
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
90%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.0%
23.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
889
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
90%
1st preference success rate
129 of 143 families who put it first got an offer
177
Places offered
525
Total applications
3.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 143 | 129 | ● 90% |
| 2nd preference | 153 | 40 | ● 26% |
| 3rd preference | 137 | 6 | ● 4% |
| 4th preference | 92 | 2 | ● 2% |
| Total | 525 | 177 | 34% |
1st preference success by year
Reading lets families list 4 preferences. 35 applications came from outside the council area (6 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sarah Gibbs
- Address
- 81 Crescent Road, Reading, RG1 5SL
- Phone
- 01189668065
- Local authority
- Reading
- Ward / constituency
- Park · Reading Central
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141886
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 29% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 49% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST
889 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
21 September 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 937 pupils
Attendance
92.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
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 | 47.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.12 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.31 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 59.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 63.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.26 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 180 | — |
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.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 178 | 24% | 51% | 63% | |
| English Language | 178 | 12% | 52% | 66% | |
| English Literature | 158 | 25% | 66% | 76% | |
| Religious Studies | 155 | 24% | 51% | 62% | |
| Combined Science | 130 | 11% | 37% | 49% | |
| Business | 107 | 11% | 35% | 51% | |
| Geography | 107 | 22% | 58% | 67% | |
| Art and Design | 73 | 1% | 5% | 15% | |
| History | 69 | 17% | 46% | 58% | |
| Spanish | 63 | 11% | 54% | 75% | |
| French | 46 | 20% | 35% | 48% | |
| Biology | 45 | 44% | 100% | 100% |
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 Reading 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.