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Schools in the Reading local authority

Reading has 71 schools listed on OfferDay.

5 nursery schools · 40 primary schools · 11 secondary schools · 6 special and alternative provision schools · 8 independent schools · 1 other establishment

About schools in Reading

Reading lists 71 schools, most of them primary schools. Its eleven secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another six schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
62%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 39 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
52.4
average Attainment 8 score, across the 10 schools with published results

Top schools in Reading

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 All Saints Junior School 100%
  2. 2 Oxford Road Community School 86%
  3. 3 Civitas Academy 84%
  4. 4 Alfred Sutton Primary School 83%
  5. 5 The Heights Primary School 79%
  6. 6 Moorlands Primary School 77%
  7. 7 Caversham Primary School 76%
  8. 8 St Martin's Catholic Primary School 74%

Secondary

  1. 1 Kendrick School 84.0
  2. 2 Reading School 83.0
  3. 3 Reading Girls' School 51.8
  4. 4 Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre 50.4
  5. 5 Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School 46.0
  6. 6 Maiden Erlegh School in Reading 45.6
  7. 7 The WREN School 44.8
  8. 8 UTC Reading 42.0

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Reading.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Reading

How many schools does Reading have?
OfferDay lists 71 schools in Reading, including 40 primary schools and eleven secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Reading?
Every school in Reading is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Reading ranked?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Reading does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.