Little Heath School

Type Secondary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Little Heath Road
Tilehurst
Reading
Berkshire
RG31 5TY
Phone 01189427337
Reference Number 110063

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1667
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.95%
Girls: 51.05%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 138 131 269
8 138 122 260
9 123 139 262
10 131 130 261
11 138 117 255
12 77 110 187
13 71 102 173

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 62.3%
White, Other 5.1%
Pakistani 4.6%
Indian 4.4%
African 3.8%
Mixed, Other 3.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.2%
White & Asian 2.5%
Asian, Other 1.9%
Unclassified 1.1%
White & Black (African) 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-01-30
Date Description Report
2023-11-28 School inspection School inspection
2018-02-27 Short inspection Short inspection
2014-07-15 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-06-26 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2012-11-23 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2012-09-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-12-07 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-02-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-01-22 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2005-11-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-02-28 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
46.6 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 42.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 62.7% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 32.45 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 32.62 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 10.6% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 210 20
Third Preference 77 0
From another Local Authority 356 128

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Springfield Primary School
Barton Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5NJ
0.2 miles
Birch Copse Primary School
Wittenham Avenue, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5LN
0.35 miles
St Paul's Catholic Primary School
City Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 4SZ
0.36 miles
Park Lane Primary School
School Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5BD
0.65 miles
Calcot Infant School and Nursery
Curtis Road, Calcot, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 4XG
0.89 miles
Calcot Junior School
Curtis Road, Calcot, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 4XG
0.89 miles
Blagrave Nursery School
Recreation Road, Reading, RG30 4UA
1 miles
Downsway Primary School
Warbreck Drive, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6FE
1.15 miles
Moorlands Primary School
Church End Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4UN
1.26 miles
Churchend Primary Academy
Usk Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4HP
1.32 miles
Meadow Park Academy
Norcot Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 6BS
1.38 miles
Westwood Farm Junior School
Fullbrook Crescent, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6RY
1.41 miles
Westwood Farm Infant School
Fullbrook Crescent, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6RY
1.41 miles
Theale C.E. Primary School
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1.56 miles
St Michael's Primary School
Dee Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4AS
1.57 miles
Long Lane Primary School
Long Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6YG
1.58 miles
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School
Dee Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BE
1.65 miles
Norcot Early Years Centre
82 Lyndhurst Road, Reading, RG30 6UB
1.7 miles
Kennet Valley Primary School
Carters Rise, Calcot, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 7YT
1.75 miles
Ranikhet Academy
Spey Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4ED
1.77 miles
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Denefield School
Long Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6XY
1.14 miles
The Avenue Special School
The Avenue Centre, Conwy Close, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BZ
1.3 miles
Thames Valley School
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1.3 miles
Brookfields Special School
Sage Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6SW
1.35 miles
Theale Green School
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1.76 miles
King's Academy Prospect
Cockney Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4EX
1.8 miles
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Fawley Road, Southcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 3EP
2.44 miles
The WREN School
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2.57 miles
Pangbourne College
2.64 miles
The Mile House Therapeutic School
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2.93 miles
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3.2 miles
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4 miles
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4.01 miles
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4.02 miles
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4.05 miles
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4.07 miles
The Willink School
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4.09 miles
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4.15 miles
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4.33 miles
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4.36 miles
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