Kendrick School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Reading · RG1 5BN · Reading
Ages 11–18
- Att884.4
- P81.1
- EM5+100%
- Absence5.4%
0.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 136449
Reading School
Academy converter · Reading · RG1 5LW
Ages 11–18 · 1,138 pupils · Reading
Ofsted
Outstanding
Attainment 8
81.1
Overall absence
5.7%
Admissions demand
2.92 · Highly competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-11-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.89
−20+2
Attainment 881.1
English & maths grade 5+100%
English & maths grade 4+100%
EBacc entry96%
EBacc APS: 8.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)22.3%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 5.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 700
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
2.92 · Highly competitive
1st preferences
423
Places offered
146
1st-preference offers
141
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 524
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 146
- Applications from outside LA
- 342
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 105
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill104%
1,138 pupils · 1,094 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,138
- Boys / girls
- 1,137 / 1
- School capacity
- 1,094
- Capacity fill
- 1,138 / 1,094 (104%)
- Free school meals
- 4.7%
- FSM pupils
- 36
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Boys
- 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: READING SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- READING SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Revd Dr Chris Evans
Location
- Address
- Erleigh Road
- Postcode
- RG1 5LW
- Town
- Reading
- County
- Berkshire
- Local authority
- Reading
- District
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- 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.
Boys academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Reading, Reading, 1,138 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 4.7%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Ofsted: School remains GoodFree schools · Secondary
Reading · RG1 5SL · Reading
Ages 11–16
- Att847.7
- P80.1
- EM5+47%
- Absence9.3%
0.6 miles away
UTC Reading
Ofsted: Not judgedUniversity technical college · Secondary
Reading · RG1 5RQ · Reading
Ages 14–19
- Att840.7
- P8-0.8
- EM5+47%
- Absence12.9%
0.6 miles away
Reading Girls' School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Reading · RG2 7PY · Reading
Ages 11–18
- Att847.8
- P80.1
- EM5+54%
- Absence8.3%
0.9 miles away
Maiden Erlegh School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Reading · RG6 7HS · Wokingham
Ages 11–18
- Att858.5
- P80.6
- EM5+73%
- Absence7.3%
1.5 miles away
Hartland High School
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Reading · RG2 8AF · Reading
Ages 11–18
- FSM45.2%
1.6 miles away
Academy converter · Secondary
Reading · RG5 3EU · Wokingham
Ages 11–18
- FSM16.9%
- Demand1.02
1.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Revd Dr Chris Evans
- Telephone
- 01189015600