The Holt School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 29 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
Wokingham
Unique reference
136880
Address
Holt Lane, RG41 1EE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1417 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
0.9%
Girls
99.1%
First language not English
38.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.8%
Persistent absence
22.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.8%
Indian 15.5%
Chinese 7.7%
Mixed 6.7%
Other White 6%
Pakistani 5.8%
Unclassified 4.9%
Other Asian 4%
African 2.8%
Other 1.7%
Irish 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 77%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.8
Local authority average 52.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.86
Local authority average 4.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE5
Art & DesignGCSE69
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE156
ChemistryGCSE54
ChineseGCSE9
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE58
Design & TechnologyGCSE67
DanceGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE232
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Holt School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
236
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
306
2nd preference
249
3rd preference
97
From another Local Authority
53
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
215
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
243
0
243
Year 8
240
0
240
Year 9
240
0
240
Year 10
240
0
240
Year 11
235
0
235
Year 12
125
6
119
Year 13
94
7
87
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
90.7%
85.6%
Further education
15.0%
27.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
51.0%
48.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
29.0%
13.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
75.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
35.0%
28.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.1%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021