Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LR

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About this school

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Reading, Berkshire. The school has 1,545 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 27 March 2024). Last inspected 27 March 2024. The Headteacher is Laura Mathews. The school is administered by Reading local authority. It belongs to GLF SCHOOLS. It opened in 1 November 2010.

School details

Headteacher

Laura Mathews

Trust

GLF SCHOOLS

Local authority

Reading

Gender

Mixed

URN

136307

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre are handled by the school or the local authority (Reading). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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