John Madejski Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Oct 10 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Reading
Unique reference
130247
Address
125 Hartland Road, RG2 8AF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
871 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
65.9%
Girls
34.1%
First language not English
29.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.1%
Persistent absence
38.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 45.4%
Mixed 13.8%
Other White 10%
African 7.3%
Other Asian 4.6%
Pakistani 4.5%
Indian 4%
Unclassified 3.1%
Other 2.6%
Caribbean 1.8%
Other Black 1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.5%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.45
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 60%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 16%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.1
Local authority average 50.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.93
Local authority average 4.52
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award27
TourismTechnical Award18
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award13
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE16
Art & DesignGCSE24
BiologyGCSE4
Business Studies:SingleGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE6
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

John Madejski Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
155
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
84
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
18
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
84
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
157
111
46
Year 8
141
92
49
Year 9
129
77
52
Year 10
133
77
56
Year 11
156
110
46
Year 12
58
45
13
Year 13
97
62
35
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
20.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
54.0%
58.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
8.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
5.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
54.0%
80.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
50.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
2.0%
46.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
6.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020