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Maiden Erlegh School in Reading[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 47.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
43.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.12 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 45.6[5] 46.7%[5]
2023/24 47.7[3] 46.8%[3] +0.12[3]
2022/23 46.7[6] 45%[6] +0.21[6]
2021/22 50.8[7] 54%[7] +0.24[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
48% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
33% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[8]
Employment
2% 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 93%[9] 63%[9] 8%[9] 20%[9] 1%[9] 2%[9]
2020/21 90%[10] 63%[10] 2%[10] 21%[10] 1%[10] 3%[10]
2019/20 95%[11] 67%[11] 9%[11] 15%[11] 1%[11] 1%[11]

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
20 Sep 2023[12]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[12]
Report published
9 Nov 2023[12]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[12]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[12]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Jun 2018[13] S5 Inspection[13] Good[13]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Applications (any preference)
499 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences
131 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Places offered
169 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 525[14] 143[14] 177[14] 3.0[14] 0.8[14]
Entry Sept 2024 599[14] 175[14] 180[14] 3.3[14] 1.0[14]
Entry Sept 2023 549[14] 158[14] 180[14] 3.0[14] 0.9[14]
Entry Sept 2022 453[14] 153[14] 178[14] 2.5[14] 0.9[14]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[15]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2027[15]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
900[1]
Trust
MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST[1]
Local authority
Reading[1]
Website
http://www.maidenerleghschoolreading.co.uk/[1]
District
Reading[16]
Postcode
RG1 5SL[1]
URN
141886[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
885 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
48.9% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
18.2% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
2.9% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29.6% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
19.3%[18]
Mixed
11.4%[18]
Asian
42%[18]
Black
17.5%[18]
Any other ethnic group
3.8%[18]
Unclassified
6%[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. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. maidenerleghschoolreading.co.uk: maidenerleghschoolreading.co.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    Children who are eligible for the Pupil Premium2 at the time of the closing date for applications (31 October 2026). (p. 2)
    The Published Admission Number for entry into Year 7 at Maiden Erlegh School in Reading in September 2027 is 180. (p. 1)
  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.