Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,082 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Free schools
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
- Pupils on roll
- 889of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 29.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 180
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 21 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading has no sixth form. Of the 177 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 7% moved to a sixth form college, 33% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 59% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.2 in Reading, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Reading and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Reading | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 177 | 1,475 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 48% | 51% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 7% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 33% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Reading | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.6 | 50.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 51% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 63% | 53% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.26 | 4.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 26% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.6 | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.0 | 55.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 51% | 34% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 178 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 66% |
| Mathematics | 178 | 99% | 88% | 24% | 22% | 63% |
| English Literature | 158 | 88% | 86% | 25% | 21% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 155 | 86% | 31% | 24% | 32% | 62% |
| Combined Science | 130 | 72% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 49% |
| Geography | 107 | 59% | 41% | 22% | 25% | 67% |
| Business Studies | 107 | 59% | 18% | 11% | 20% | 51% |
| History | 69 | 38% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 58% |
| Spanish | 63 | 35% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 75% |
| French | 46 | 26% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 48% |
| Physics | 45 | 25% | 23% | 60% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 45 | 25% | 23% | 58% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 45 | 25% | 23% | 44% | 45% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 40 | 22% | 13% | 33% | 30% | 88% |
| Design and Technology | 40 | 22% | 11% | 28% | 23% | 65% |
| Art and Design | 39 | 22% | 7% | 3% | 24% | 15% |
| Photography | 34 | 19% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 15% |
| Physical Education | 15 | 8% | 11% | 20% | 24% | 40% |
| Economics | 14 | 8% | 1% | 43% | 34% | 100% |
| Music | 10 | 6% | 5% | 50% | 33% | 90% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 10 | 6% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 10% |
| Polish | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 22 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 10 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Reading
Hartland High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 589 pupils
60% stayed in education
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,537 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.4
Kendrick School
Academy converter · sixth form · 939 pupils
99% stayed in education · Attainment 8 84.0
King's Academy Prospect
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,157 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.8
Reading Girls' School
Academy sponsor led · 905 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.