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%
1.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 149611
The Bulmershe School
Academy converter · Reading · RG5 3EU
Ages 11–18 · 1,530 pupils · Wokingham
Admissions demand
1.02 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
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
1.02 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
245
Places offered
248
1st-preference offers
183
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 814
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 248
- Applications from outside LA
- 223
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 79
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-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 fill109%
1,530 pupils · 1,400 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,530
- Boys / girls
- 752 / 778
- School capacity
- 1,400
- Capacity fill
- 1,530 / 1,400 (109%)
- Free school meals
- 16.9%
- FSM pupils
- 208
- 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
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE CORVUS LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE CORVUS LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Woodfin
Location
- Address
- Woodlands Avenue, Woodley
- Postcode
- RG5 3EU
- Town
- Reading
- County
- Berkshire
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- District
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- 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, Wokingham, 1,530 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 16.9%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
UTC Reading
Ofsted: Not judgedUniversity technical college · Secondary
Reading · RG1 5RQ · Reading
Ages 14–19
- Att840.7
- P8-0.8
- EM5+47%
- Absence12.9%
1.1 miles away
Maiden Erlegh School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Reading · RG6 7HS · Wokingham
Ages 11–18
- Att858.5
- P80.6
- EM5+73%
- Absence7.3%
1.2 miles away
Waingels
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Reading · RG5 4RF · Wokingham
Ages 11–18
- Att850.6
- P80.2
- EM5+58%
- Absence8.4%
1.4 miles away
Reading School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Reading · RG1 5LW · Reading
Ages 11–18
- Att881.1
- P80.9
- EM5+100%
- Absence5.7%
1.6 miles away
Kendrick School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Reading · RG1 5BN · Reading
Ages 11–18
- Att884.4
- P81.1
- EM5+100%
- Absence5.4%
2.0 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%
2.3 miles away
The Forest School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Wokingham · RG41 5NE · Wokingham
Ages 11–18
- Att849.1
- P8-0.1
- EM5+50%
- Absence6.2%
2.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Woodfin
- Telephone
- 01189353353