Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,082 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Academy special sponsor led
Hamilton School
- Pupils on roll
- 64of 68 places
- Free school meals
- 73.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 7
- Ofsted
- Good, 21 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Phoenix College (URN 110189, until 31 December 2019).
What the data says
Of the 6 pupils who finished Year 11 at Hamilton School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Hamilton School’s own sixth form (Reading average 51%), 67% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 3.3 against 46.1 across England and 50.2 in Reading, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none 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 | Hamilton School | Reading | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 6 | 1,475 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 67% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 67% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 51% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 67% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 33% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hamilton School | Reading | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 3.3 | 50.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 51% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 66% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 53% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.14 | 4.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 71% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 32.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 55.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 | 6 | 86% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Biology | 3 | 43% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Mathematics | 3 | 43% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
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
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Free schools · 889 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6
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.