Waingels 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 25/04/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.8%, which is 2.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Waingels Road, Reading, RG5 4RF
Website: http://www.waingels.wokingham.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01189690336
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wokingham
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Tom Bartlett
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 142166

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 25/04/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1331
Number of Pupils: 1280
Number of Boys: 626
Number of Girls: 654

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.07 Confidence interval -0.24 to 0.1
Of the 234 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 220 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:60%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:99%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:44%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.12
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Ambleside Centre
Ambleside Close , Woodley RG5 4JJ 		4out of 4 1,922 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Willow Bank Infant School
Duffield Road , Woodley RG5 4RW 		3out of 4 646 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Willow Bank Junior School
Duffield Road , Woodley RG5 4RW 		3out of 4 646 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Woodley CofE Primary School
Hurricane Way , Woodley RG5 4UX 		3out of 4 1,166 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Sonning Church of England Primary School
Liguge Way , Sonning RG4 6XF 		3out of 4 1,474 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School
Western Avenue , RG5 3BH 		3out of 4 1,591 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Waingels
Waingels Road , Woodley RG5 4RF 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The Bulmershe School
Woodlands Avenue , Woodley RG5 3EU 		3out of 4 2,495 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Reading Blue Coat School
Holme Park , Sonning Lane RG4 6SU 		- not rated 2,277 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Addington School
Woodlands Avenue , Woodley RG5 3EU 		4out of 4 2,600 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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