Maiden Erlegh School

Maiden Erlegh School is performing exceptionally well, achieving an overall effectiveness rating of 'Outstanding' across all inspection areas. Pupils receive an excellent education, demonstrate high levels of engagement in their learning, and are well-prepared for their future, thanks to the ambitious curriculum and dedicated leadership. The school's environment fosters confidence and respect among students, who take pride in their academic and artistic achievements.

Strengths

• Leaders have the highest academic expectations for all pupils.
• Pupils take ownership of their learning and work collaboratively.
• Behaviour in classrooms and around the school is exemplary.
• The curriculum is highly ambitious and inclusive.
• Teachers use expert subject knowledge to enhance learning.
• Pupils with SEND receive excellent personalized support.
• Pupils develop strong spiritual, moral, social, and cultural understanding.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Maiden Erlegh School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.2% of pupils at Maiden Erlegh School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Maiden Erlegh School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.5% of pupils at Maiden Erlegh School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 3 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Maiden Erlegh School received £7,826 and spent £8,141 for each of its 1,872 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £882,000 (£471 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Maiden Erlegh Trust, income was £9,722 and spending £9,767 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Reading · Wokingham local authority: places and applications

Maiden Erlegh School is part of Maiden Erlegh Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Maiden Erlegh School in Reading Reading
• Hamilton School Reading
• Oak Tree School Wokingham
• River Academy Reading
• Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge Reading
• Great Hollands Primary School Bracknell
• Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery Bracknell Forest
• John Rankin Junior School Newbury
• John Rankin Infant and Nursery School Newbury

What is Maiden Erlegh School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Maiden Erlegh School is Outstanding, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Maiden Erlegh School last inspected by Ofsted?

Maiden Erlegh School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Maiden Erlegh School have?

Maiden Erlegh School has 1,841 pupils on roll.

What age range does Maiden Erlegh School cover?

Maiden Erlegh School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Maiden Erlegh School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 59.3, and 77% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Maiden Erlegh School?

Maiden Erlegh School is at Silverdale Rd, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7HS.