Academy converter · Secondary
Reading · RG4 8LR · Reading
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 150728
River Academy
Free schools · Reading · RG1 8EQ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
373
Local authority
Reading
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Reading, Reading, 373 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 33.2%. SEN provision includes: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 150728
Location
- Address
- 7 Richfield Avenue
- Postcode
- RG1 8EQ
- Town
- Reading
- County
- Berkshire
- Local authority
- Reading
- District
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 373
- Boys / girls
- 216 / 157
- School capacity
- 1,200
- Capacity fill
- 373 / 1,200 (31%)
- Free school meals
- 33.2%
- FSM pupils
- 124
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST
- Academy trust
- MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST
- Sponsor
- Maiden Erlegh Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 7 on roll / 7 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Hartley
- Telephone
- 01182160400
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.