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Maiden Erlegh School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 59 59.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
59.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
77.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
27.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.64 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 55.5[6] 64.5%[6]
2023/24 58.5[4] 72.9%[4] +0.64[4]
2022/23 61.8[7] 76%[7] +1.08[7]
2021/22 59.2[8] 71%[8] +0.68[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
20.6% 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 B-[10] 17.4%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 18.5%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 16.4%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 12.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
71% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 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 96%[15] 67%[15] 5%[15] 23%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 75%[16] 4%[16] 14%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 68%[17] 7%[17] 21%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 70%[18] 4%[18] 18%[18] 3%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[19]
Education
75% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 68%[20] 2%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 66%[21] 3%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 69%[22] 3%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 68%[23] 3%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
81% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
33% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
24% 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 80%[26] 30%[26]
2019/20 82%[25] 24%[25] 24%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 77%[27] 19%[27] 15%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 24%[28] 24%[28] 2%[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
29 Apr 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
8 Jun 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
11 Feb 2020[30] S5 Inspection[30] Outstanding[30]
12 Sep 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
838 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
297 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
268 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 912[32] 357[32] 272[32] 3.4[32] 1.3[32]
Entry Sept 2024 964[32] 371[32] 264[32] 3.7[32] 1.4[32]
Entry Sept 2023 976[32] 383[32] 267[32] 3.7[32] 1.4[32]
Entry Sept 2022 1038[32] 439[32] 258[32] 4.0[32] 1.7[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
279 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1788[1]
Trust
MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST[1]
Local authority
Wokingham[1]
Website
http://maidenerleghschool.co.uk/[1]
District
Wokingham[34]
Postcode
RG6 7HS[1]
URN
136637[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1872 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
41% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
14.3% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
5.6% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
7.3% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
38.8%[36]
Mixed
8.5%[36]
Asian
44.1%[36]
Black
4.2%[36]
Any other ethnic group
2.3%[36]
Unclassified
2%[36]

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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  33. maidenerleghschool.co.uk: maidenerleghschool.co.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The PAN (Published Admission Number) for entry in September 2027 is 279. (p. 1)
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