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Little Heath School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 48.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
49% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.15 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 48.2[6] 46.8%[6]
2023/24 46.6[4] 42.4%[4] -0.15[4]
2022/23 46.3[7] 47%[7] -0.23[7]
2021/22 49.9[8] 52%[8] -0.15[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
10.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 8.9%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 10.6%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 13.5%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 11.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
51% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 58%[15] 6%[15] 19%[15] 5%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 56%[16] 4%[16] 26%[16] 4%[16] 5%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 59%[17] 2%[17] 27%[17] 4%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 62%[18] 3%[18] 20%[18] 5%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
Education
47% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
9% 2022/23[19]
Employment
28% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 54%[20] 8%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 52%[21] 6%[21] 36%[21]
2019/20 84%[22] 54%[22] 4%[22] 26%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 54%[23] 7%[23] 31%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
59% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
12% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
13% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 64%[26] 14%[26]
2019/20 62%[25] 13%[25] 13%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 68%[27] 15%[27] 16%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 64%[28] 15%[28] 9%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
28 Nov 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
29 Jan 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
27 Feb 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
490 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
219 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
260 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 471[31] 224[31] 257[31] 1.8[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 590[31] 282[31] 265[31] 2.2[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023 542[31] 276[31] 269[31] 2.0[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 551[31] 225[31] 267[31] 2.1[31] 0.8[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1700[1]
Local authority
West Berkshire[1]
Website
http://www.littleheath.org.uk[1]
District
West Berkshire[32]
Postcode
RG31 5TY[1]
URN
110063[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1679 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
13.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
15.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
65.5%[34]
Mixed
10.9%[34]
Asian
14.4%[34]
Black
6.8%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[34]
Unclassified
1.2%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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