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Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 46.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
44.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.02 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 46[6] 39.2%[6]
2023/24 44.4[4] 42.5%[4] -0.02[4]
2022/23 46.9[7] 43%[7] +0.12[7]
2021/22 49[8] 41%[8] +0.21[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8.3% 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] 5.9%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 3.8%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 25.9%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 6.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
50% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
16% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
27% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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 98%[15] 51%[15] 14%[15] 27%[15] 3%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 42%[16] 21%[16] 26%[16] 1%[16] 5%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 38%[17] 24%[17] 32%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 45%[18] 11%[18] 35%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
Education
73% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
18% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 80%[20] 3%[20] 6%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 57%[21] 5%[21] 27%[21]
2019/20 81%[22] 67%[22] 0%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 78%[23] 56%[23] 4%[23] 19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
80% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
26% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
27% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 75%[26] 36%[26]
2019/20 77%[25] 19%[25] 27%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 67%[27] 21%[27] 25%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 62%[28] 10%[28] 10%[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
13 Sep 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
8 Nov 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Sep 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
345 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
132 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
174 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 424[31] 160[31] 179[31] 2.4[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 462[31] 185[31] 177[31] 2.6[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023 468[31] 186[31] 186[31] 2.5[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 412[31] 165[31] 172[31] 2.4[31] 1.0[31]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
922[1]
Local authority
Reading[1]
Website
http://www.hughfaringdon.org/[1]
District
Reading[33]
Postcode
RG30 3EP[1]
URN
110107[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1045 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
38.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
11.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
5.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
21.3% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
42.1%[35]
Mixed
11.8%[35]
Asian
19.5%[35]
Black
25%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.9%[35]
Unclassified
0.7%[35]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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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    Quote
    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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  32. hughfaringdon.org: hughfaringdon.org — Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The Common Application Form should be returned to the Local Authority by 31st October 2026 (p. 2)
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