The Piggott School

The Piggott School continues to demonstrate good performance, showing enough improvement to potentially attain an outstanding rating in the next graded inspection. Pupils from 4 to 18 years old feel proud to be associated with the school and consistently achieve exceptional outcomes. The school boasts a robust curriculum supported by highly trained teachers and extensive extracurricular opportunities, contributing to the strong academic and personal development of its pupils.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil behavior and academic performance
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that goes beyond national standards
• Effective support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pupils
• Strong emphasis on reading from the early years
• Engaging and relevant personal, social, health, and economic (PSHE) curriculum
• Supportive school environment fostering pupil empowerment and voice
• Dedicated and well-trained staff committed to continuous improvement

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 The Piggott School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 15.5% 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, 1.1% of pupils at The Piggott 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 The Piggott School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.3% 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, 18.5% of pupils at The Piggott School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 The Piggott School received £7,228 and spent £7,104 for each of its 1,885 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £682,000 (£362 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Agape Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,488 and spending £7,423 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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The Piggott School is part of Agape Multi Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Robert Piggott CofE Junior School Reading
• Robert Piggott CofE Infant School Reading
• Altwood Church of England School Maidenhead
• Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School Reading

What is The Piggott School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Piggott School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was The Piggott School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Piggott School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does The Piggott School have?

The Piggott School has 1,945 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Piggott School cover?

The Piggott School for pupils aged 4 to 18.

What are The Piggott School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 61.0, and 72% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

What are The Piggott School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Piggott School?

The Piggott School is at Twyford Road, Wargrave, Reading, Berkshire, RG10 8DS.