River Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · Reading
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.996 miles
Published by Reading Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
River Academy is a secondary school in Reading for ages 11–18 (free schools). Reading has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
River Academy 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 | 0.996 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 1.237 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.051 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 0.996 miles away, the shortest of 4 Reading secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 211 first-choice applications for 162 offers, 1.3 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 10 Reading secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 136 offers went to first-choice families and 75 first-choice families were not offered a place.
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
- 7 Richfield Avenue, Reading, RG1 8EQ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Reading
- Pupils on roll
- 373 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 211 first-preference applications, 162 offers in total, 136 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.
- Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The WREN School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kendrick School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King's Academy Prospect 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Reading School 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Reading Girls' School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Maiden Erlegh School in Reading 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published