Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Reading
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.433 miles
Published by Reading Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading is a secondary school in Reading for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2023. Reading has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.433 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 1.701 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.313 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.442 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 1.021 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 1.311 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 1.611 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.433 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 4 Reading secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026: 131 first-choice applications for 169 offers; 109 offers went to first-choice families, and 22 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 45.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Reading schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 81 Crescent Road, Reading, RG1 5SL
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Reading
- Pupils on roll
- 889 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 September 2023
Strengths
- “From the minute they join the school, pupils are encouraged to ‘aim high, work together and be inclusive’.”
- “The trust’s vision to ‘develop a diverse and inclusive community’ underpins the positive relationships that exist between staff and pupils at this school.”
- “Staff have high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the school has not completed their curriculum refinements in key stage 3 to enable pupils to learn and remember key concepts in depth.”
- “This means that the impact of the curriculum in these subjects is not as strong as in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 131 first-preference applications, 169 offers in total, 109 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Reading.
- UTC Reading 0.0 mi Not judged
- Reading School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Kendrick School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Reading Girls' School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Hartland High School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- River Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The WREN School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published