Reading Girls' School

General Info

Education Phase: Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating: Good Nov 25 2021 Ofsted report
Gender: Girls
Age range: 11 - 18 y.o.
Type: Academies
Funding: State-funded secondary
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Religious Character: None
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Local authority: Reading
Unique reference: 144610
Address: Northumberland Avenue, RG2 7PY
Website: www.readinggirlsschool.co.uk

Pupils

Number of Pupils: 873 (84% of total capacity)
Boys: 0.0%
Girls: 100.0%
First language not English: 43.5%
Free school meals (FSM): 27%
Persistent absence: 20.3%
Special education needs (SEN): 15.0%

Pupil ethnicities

Pakistani 18.9%

White British 17.4%

Other Asian 14.8%

Indian 10.3%

African 10.1%

Mixed 10%

Other White 7.9%

Chinese 2.7%

Unclassified 2.6%

Bangladeshi 1.6%

Other 1.5%

Other Black 1.3%

Caribbean 0.9%

Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school: 0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools: 0.03
England average, state-funded schools: -0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%

Local authority average 44%

England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%

Local authority average 50%

England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.9

Local authority average 50.1

England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.32

Local authority average 4.52

England average 4.05

Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

Subject	Qualification	Number of entries
Art & Design	Technical Award	26
Dance: General	Technical Award	35
Music performance: Group	Technical Award	17
Speech & Drama	Technical Award	11
Arabic	GCSE	5
Biology	GCSE	74
Chemistry	GCSE	74
Chinese	GCSE	5
English Language	GCSE	85
English Literature	GCSE	85

Year 2022-2023

Admissions