Maiden Erlegh School, Reading

In its own words: "Maiden Erlegh School is a highly successful comprehensive school for students from 11-18 years. Our purpose is to ensure all our students leave school with the qualifications, skills, and personal characteristics they need to lead successful lives. Our students are a delight to work with and the relationships between students and staff are extremely positive."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Maiden Erlegh School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 59.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 54.2 in Wokingham and 47 across England.

77% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 62% in Wokingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 55.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.64: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.3, against 62 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 26.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 297 families put Maiden Erlegh School as their first choice and 838 named it as one of their preferences, for 268 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 92 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Maiden Erlegh School are UTC Reading (1 mile, Inadequate, Attainment 8 34.5); Maiden Erlegh School in Reading (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 47.5); The Bulmershe School (1.2 miles, Attainment 8 50.6); and Reading School (1.5 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 80.6).

Maiden Erlegh School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Maiden Erlegh School is one of 11 schools run by Maiden Erlegh Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.7 in 2024/25.

163 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Maiden Erlegh School (as of September 2025): 85% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 65% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (65%).

Of the 277 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 20% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 199 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 69% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 14% into work. 32% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

5.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 42.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (34%), White British (31%) and Chinese (10%).

Maiden Erlegh School has a resourced provision for autism: 25 places, 10 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Earley Rail Station, about 600 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Silverdale Road Shops (adjacent), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Maiden Erlegh School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 153 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wokingham (70), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Maiden Erlegh School issued 179 suspensions, 9.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Maiden Erlegh School are Aldryngton Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles), Radstock Primary School (0.6 miles) and Loddon Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.