Mary Hare School[1]

Special · ages 4–19

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 33.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 20% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 13.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.52 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	31.5[5]	18.5%[5]
2023/24	35.2[3]	9.1%[3]	+0.52[3]
2022/23	36.4[6]	20%[6]	+0.32[6]
2021/22	42.4[7]	43%[7]	+0.32[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C- 2022/23[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 4.3% 2022/23[8]
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
2016/17	C-[10]	20%[10]
2015/16	D+[11]	0%[11]
2013/14	C-[12]
2012/13	C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 12% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 0% 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]	0%[15]	0%[15]	9%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]
2020/21	100%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]	6%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]
2019/20	100%[17]	9%[17]	0%[17]	16%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	97%[18]	0%[18]	3%[18]	7%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]

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 May 2025[19]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[19]
Report published: 19 Jun 2025[19]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[19]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[19]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
11 Feb 2020[20]	Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[20]	No overall grade[20]
Date not published[21]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[21]	Good[21]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Non-maintained special school[1]
Ages: 4–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: Boarding school[1]
Capacity: 240[1]
Local authority: West Berkshire[1]
Website: www.maryhare.org.uk [1]
District: West Berkshire [22]
Postcode: RG14 3BQ[1]
URN: 110180[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 159 2024/25[23]
English as an additional language: 35.8% 2024/25[23]
SEN support: 1.9% 2024/25[23]
EHC plan: 98.1% 2024/25[23]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 27.1% 2024/25[23]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 77.4%[24]
Mixed: 6.2%[24]
Asian: 10.3%[24]
Black: 3.4%[24]
Any other ethnic group: 2.7%[24]
Unclassified: 0%[24]

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

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.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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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