The Holt School
Holt Lane, Wokingham, RG41 1EE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- THE HOLT SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anne Kennedy
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Wokingham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 1,468
- URN
- 136880
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01189780165
About this school
The Holt School is a girls' secondary academy in Wokingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,468 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 232 | 234 | 240 |
| Attainment 8 score | 63.8 | 64.6 | 63.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +1.02 +0.83 to +1.21 | +0.96 +0.77 to +1.14 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 77% | 76.1% | 80.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 90% | 90.2% | 89.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 75% | 70.1% | 77.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
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 The Holt School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wokingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63.8 | 38.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 64.6 | 43.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 63.7 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,408 |
| 2023/24 | 1,417 |
| 2024/25 | 1,454 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Holt School compares
The Holt School ranked 1st of 9 secondary schools in Wokingham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 95% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63.7 | 5.5% | 6.4% | 1,468 | — |
| The Emmbrook School | 50.7 | 7.9% | 11.9% | 1,354 | 0.5 miles |
| St Crispin's School | 51.7 | 5.9% | 13.5% | 1,549 | 0.9 miles |
| The Forest School | 50.7 | 6.2% | 12.6% | 1,042 | 1.8 miles |
| King's Academy Easthampstead Park | 42.2 | 8.9% | 27% | 1,050 | 2.9 miles |
| Bohunt School Wokingham | 53.6 | 6.8% | 8.4% | 1,313 | 3.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.36%
- English as an additional language
- 38.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.45%
- Persistent absence
- 14.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Emmbrook School0.5 miles
Secondary · Wokingham
-
St Crispin's School0.9 miles
Secondary · Wokingham
-
The Forest School1.8 miles
Secondary · Wokingham
-
King's Academy Easthampstead Park2.9 miles
Secondary · Bracknell
-
Bohunt School Wokingham3.4 miles
Secondary · Wokingham
Other schools in Wokingham
The Holt School ranks 1st of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Wokingham.
- Bohunt School Wokingham Secondary
- St Crispin's School Secondary
- The Emmbrook School Secondary
- The Forest School Secondary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bearwood Primary School Primary
- Emmbrook Infant School Primary
- Emmbrook Junior School Primary
- Evendons Primary School Primary
- Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Gorse Ride Infants' School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Holt School teach?
- The Holt School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Wokingham.
- Who is the headteacher of The Holt School?
- The headteacher of The Holt School is Mrs Anne Kennedy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Holt School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Holt School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Holt School?
- The Holt School has 1,468 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Holt School full?
- The Holt School has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 1,468 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Holt School a faith school?
- No. The Holt School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Holt School a selective school?
- No. The Holt School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Holt School?
- The Holt School is part of THE HOLT SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Holt School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 63.8 in 2022/23 and 63.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Holt School rank locally?
- The Holt School ranked 1st of 9 secondary schools in Wokingham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 95% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Holt School's absence rate?
- The Holt School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Holt School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Holt School'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 1 July 2026.