The WREN School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 39 39.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 39.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 33.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 7.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.13 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	Progress 8
2024/25	44.8[6]	41%[6]
2023/24	43[4]	35.5%[4]	-0.13[4]
2022/23	38.7[7]	29%[7]	-0.30[7]
2021/22	39[8]	24%[8]	-0.74[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 5.7% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	D+[9]	2.5%[9]
2022/23	D+[10]	2.8%[10]
2021/22	D+[11]	0%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form: 44% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college: 4% 2022/23[12]
Further education college: 37% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[12]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[12]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[13]	38%[13]	4%[13]	46%[13]	1%[13]	7%[13]
2020/21	94%[14]	45%[14]	11%[14]	31%[14]	3%[14]	4%[14]
2019/20	92%[15]	51%[15]	5%[15]	34%[15]	1%[15]	1%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 79% 2022/23[16]
Education: 47% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[16]
Employment: 27% 2022/23[16]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	80%[17]	51%[17]	2%[17]	27%[17]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 61% 2021/22[18]
Top third of most selective universities: 0% 2021/22[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: 14 Apr 2026[19]
Type: S5 Inspection[19]
Report published: 11 Jun 2026[19]
Inclusion: Expected standard[19]
Achievement: Expected standard[19]
Safeguarding standards: Met[19]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[19]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[19]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[19]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[19]
Post-16 provision (where applicable): Needs attention[19]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
23 Jan 2024[20]	S5 Inspection[20]	Requires improvement[20]
19 Jun 2018[21]	S5 Inspection[21]	Good[21]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.5 Entry Sept 2026[22]
Applications (any preference): 295 Entry Sept 2026[22]
First preferences: 70 Entry Sept 2026[22]
Places offered: 117 Entry Sept 2026[22]
First preferences per place: 0.6 Entry Sept 2026[22]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	368[22]	101[22]	137[22]	2.7[22]	0.7[22]
Entry Sept 2024	522[22]	125[22]	164[22]	3.2[22]	0.8[22]
Entry Sept 2023	536[22]	154[22]	168[22]	3.2[22]	0.9[22]
Entry Sept 2022	479[22]	171[22]	166[22]	2.9[22]	1.0[22]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1176[1]
Trust: EXCALIBUR ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Reading[1]
Website: https://wren.excalibur.org.uk/[1]
District: Reading [23]
Postcode: RG30 2BB[1]
URN: 142121[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 979 2024/25[24]
English as an additional language: 51.8% 2024/25[24]
SEN support: 8.5% 2024/25[24]
EHC plan: 2.2% 2024/25[24]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 29.1% 2024/25[24]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 42.7%[25]
Mixed: 11.7%[25]
Asian: 26.3%[25]
Black: 11.7%[25]
Any other ethnic group: 3.2%[25]
Unclassified: 4.3%[25]

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.
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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.
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