Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre in Reading

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school located in Reading. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 01/05/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address:	Surley Row, Reading, RG4 8LR
Website:	http://www.highdown.reading.sch.uk
Telephone:	01189015800
School Type:	Academy converter
Education phase:	Secondary
Local authority:	Reading
Headteacher / Principal:	Ms Rachel Cave
Religious character:	None
Admissions policy:	Non-selective
Unique reference:	136307

Ofsted Inspection

Overall Effectiveness
Quality Of Education
Outcomes For Pupils
Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 01/05/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range:	11 - 18
Gender:	Mixed
School Capacity:	1440
Number of Pupils:	1492
Number of Boys:	761
Number of Girls:	731

Absence

	School	England state-funded schools:
Overall absence:	4.9%	4%
Persistent absence:	11%	8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.02 Confidence interval -0.2 to 0.15

Of the 220 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 203 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:	27%
England Average:	40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:	97%
England Average:	94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:	47%
England Average:	43%

Attainment 8 score

School:	49.6
England Average:	46.7

EBacc average point score

School:	4.33
England Average:	4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
New Bridge Nursery School Montague Street , Caversham RG4 5AU	4out of 4	2,212 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Caversham Nursery School 114 Amersham Road , Caversham RG4 5NA	4out of 4	2,482 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Emmer Green Primary School Grove Road , Emmer Green RG4 8LN	4out of 4	525 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
The Hill Primary School Peppard Road , Caversham RG4 8TU	3out of 4	1,008 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
Caversham Primary School Hemdean Road , Caversham RG4 7RA	4out of 4	1,009 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
The Heights Primary School 129 Upper Woodcote Road , RG4 7LB	4out of 4	1,685 yd	Free schools	No	Mixed	More About School
St Anne's Catholic Primary School Washington Road , Caversham RG4 5AA	3out of 4	1,830 yd	Voluntary aided school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre Surley Row , Emmer Green RG4 8LR	3out of 4	0 yd	Academy converter	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Chiltern Nursery Nurse Training School 18 Peppard Road , Caversham RG4 8JZ	- not rated	1,219 yd	Miscellaneous	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Caversham Preparatory School 16 Peppard Road , Caversham RG4 8JZ	- not rated	1,219 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Hemdean House School Hemdean Road , Caversham RG4 7SD	- not rated	1,279 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Queen Anne's School 6 Henley Road , Caversham RG4 6DX	- not rated	1,452 yd	Other independent school	No	Girls	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

Highdown School and Sixth Form CentreSurley Row, Reading