The Willink School 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 07/02/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: School Lane, Reading, RG7 3XJ
Website: www.willinkschool.org.uk
Telephone: 01189832030
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: West Berkshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr P Fry
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 110048

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 07/02/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 995
Number of Pupils: 1146
Number of Boys: 610
Number of Girls: 536

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.41 Confidence interval 0.22 to 0.61
Of the 169 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 159 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:93%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:64%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:55.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:5.41
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Mrs Bland's Infant School
Jordan's Lane , Burghfield Common RG7 3LP
3out of 4 224 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Garland Junior School
Clay Hill Road , Burghfield Common RG7 3HG
3out of 4 759 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet School
Church Lane , Ufton Nervet RG7 4HH
3out of 4 1,731 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School
West End Road , Mortimer RG7 3SY
3out of 4 2,542 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School
Theale Road , Burghfield Village RG30 3TX
3out of 4 2,649 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Willink School
School Lane , Burghfield Common RG7 3XJ
3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.