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

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

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award26
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award35
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
ArabicGCSE5
BiologyGCSE74
ChemistryGCSE74
ChineseGCSE5
English LanguageGCSE85
English LiteratureGCSE85
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Reading Girls' School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
113
2nd preference
99
3rd preference
73
From another Local Authority
47
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
108
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
12
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 classes27.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
0
177
Year 8
188
0
188
Year 9
198
0
198
Year 10
172
0
172
Year 11
138
0
138
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
20.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
58.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
8.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
2.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
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