Padworth College
Sopers Lane, Padworth, RG7 4NR
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 13 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Principal
- Mr Crispin Dawson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 66
- URN
- 110169
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
About this school
Padworth College was an independent school in West Berkshire. It taught children aged 13 to 19 and had 66 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Padworth College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1963, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 42 | 23 | 22 |
| Attainment 8 score | 7.5 | 6.1 | 5.0 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Padworth College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Berkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5 | 41 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 6.1 | 40.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 38.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 84 |
| 2023/24 | 92 |
| 2024/25 | 66 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 0
- Pupils on SEN support
- 1
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Mile House Therapeutic School2.3 miles
Special schools
-
Elstree School2.4 miles
Independent schools · Reading
-
Tadley Court School2.6 miles
Special schools · Tadley
-
Haywards Farm School3.4 miles
Special schools · Reading
-
Grantham Farm Montessori School3.9 miles
Independent schools · Tadley
Common questions
- What year groups does Padworth College teach?
- Padworth College taught children aged 13 to 19. It was an independent school in West Berkshire.
- Has Padworth College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Padworth College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Padworth College?
- Padworth College had 66 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 13 to 19.
- How have Padworth College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 7.5 in 2022/23 and 5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Padworth College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Padworth College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 19 August 2025.