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Hamilton School[1]

Special · ages 11–18

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
4.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.79 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 3.3[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 5.2[3] 0%[3] -1.79[3]
2022/23 4.7[6] 0%[6] -1.77[6]
2021/22 4.3[7] 0%[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
67% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
67% 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 64%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 9%[9] 0%[9] 9%[9]
2020/21 67%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10] 44%[10] 0%[10] 22%[10]

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
21 May 2024[11]
Type
Academy First Section 5[11]
Report published
23 Jun 2024[11]
Personal development
Good[11]
Quality of education
Good[11]
Overall effectiveness
Good[11]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[11]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[11]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[11]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy special sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
68[1]
Trust
MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST[1]
Local authority
Reading[1]
Website
www.hamilton-school.co.uk[1]
District
Reading[12]
Postcode
RG1 5SG[1]
URN
147675[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
62 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
0% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
80.7% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
76.6%[14]
Mixed
17.2%[14]
Asian
0%[14]
Black
6.3%[14]
Any other ethnic group
0%[14]
Unclassified
0%[14]

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. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. 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.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. 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.