King's Academy Prospect 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 requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 01/05/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.9%, which is 2.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Cockney Hill, Reading

School Information

Address: Cockney Hill, Reading, RG30 4EX
Website: http://www.prospect.reading.sch.uk
Telephone: 01189590466
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Reading
Headteacher / Principal: Mr David Littlemore
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136876

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 01/05/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1700
Number of Pupils: 1023
Number of Boys: 572
Number of Girls: 451

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 20.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.58 Confidence interval -0.75 to -0.4
Of the 225 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 215 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:41%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:20%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:36.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.3
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Blagrave Nursery School
Recreation Road , Tilehurst RG30 4UA
4out of 4 1,905 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Norcot Early Years Centre
82 Lyndhurst Road , Tilehurst RG30 6UB
4out of 4 2,281 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Michael's Primary School
Dee Road , Tilehurst RG30 4AS
3out of 4 610 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School
Dee Road , Tilehurst RG30 4BE
3out of 4 726 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Manor Primary School
110 Ashampstead Road , RG30 3LJ
3out of 4 742 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Churchend Primary Academy
Usk Road , Tilehurst RG30 4HP
4out of 4 831 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Kennet Valley Primary School
Carters Rise , Calcot RG31 7YT
3out of 4 1,037 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
King's Academy Prospect
Cockney Hill , Tilehurst RG30 4EX
2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Fawley Road , Southcote RG30 3EP
3out of 4 1,132 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
The WREN School
61-63 Bath Road , RG30 2BB
3out of 4 1,377 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
Little Heath School
Little Heath Road , Tilehurst RG31 5TY
3out of 4 3,156 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Holy Brook School
145 Ashampstead Road , Southcote RG30 3LJ
3out of 4 742 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School
Thames Valley School
2 Conwy Close , Tilehurst RG30 4BZ
3out of 4 910 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School
Cranbury College
Cranbury Road , RG30 2TS
- not rated 1,612 yd Academy alternative provision converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Edward's Prep
64 Tilehurst Road , Reading RG30 2JH
- not rated 1,913 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
TLG Reading
Empress Road , Calcot RG31 4XR
- not rated 2,101 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.