Voluntary aided school · Secondary
Reading · RG31 5TY · West Berkshire
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 137777
Denefield School
Academy converter · Reading · RG31 6XY
Ages 11–18 · 1,171 pupils · West Berkshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
49.3
Overall absence
8.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-01
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.16
−20+2
Attainment 849.3
English & maths grade 5+53%
English & maths grade 4+73%
EBacc entry35%
EBacc APS: 4.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)26.8%
Unauthorised2.8%
- Authorised absence
- 6.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 990
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill103%
1,171 pupils · 1,137 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,171
- Boys / girls
- 574 / 597
- School capacity
- 1,137
- Capacity fill
- 1,171 / 1,137 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 18.7%
- FSM pupils
- 182
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: DENEFIELD SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- DENEFIELD SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Edwin Towill
Location
- Address
- Long Lane, Tilehurst
- Postcode
- RG31 6XY
- Town
- Reading
- County
- Berkshire
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- District
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Reading, West Berkshire, 1,171 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 18.7%.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Edwin Towill
- Telephone
- 01189413458