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High Close School[1]

Special · ages 7–18

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
0.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-2.52 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 1.8[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 1.8[3] 0%[3] -2.52[3]
2022/23 2.1[6] 0%[6] -3.39[6]
2021/22 4.1[7] 0%[7] -2.86[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
56% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[8]
Employment
0% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 57%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9]
2020/21 100%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10] 79%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10]
2019/20 89%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11] 58%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 82%[12] 6%[12] 0%[12] 59%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12]

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
12 Sep 2023[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
15 Nov 2023[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Dec 2021[14] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[14] No overall grade[14]
27 Feb 2018[15] Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[15] Good[15]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Non-maintained special school[1]
Ages
7–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
94[1]
Local authority
Wokingham[1]
Website
www.highclose.org.uk[1]
District
Wokingham[16]
Postcode
RG40 1TS[1]
URN
110181[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
73 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
2.7% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
48.6% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
89.7%[18]
Mixed
2.9%[18]
Asian
1.5%[18]
Black
2.9%[18]
Any other ethnic group
0%[18]
Unclassified
2.9%[18]

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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.