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State secondary · 11 to 18 · Mixed · 589 pupils

Hartland High School

125 Hartland Road, Reading, RG2 8AF
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

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Ofsted: Inadequate · October 2023No 2026 resultsFewer first choices than places (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
Inspection
Inadequate, October 2023
Getting in
Not full for Year 7 2026
Size
589 pupils; 86 places a year; classes of 22
Run by
Greenshaw Learning Trust
Type
Academy sponsor led
Ages
11 to 18 · Mixed
Ofsted, October 2023The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Sessions missed: 17.5%, against 8.1% in Reading.
  • Persistently absent: 44.4%, against 23.4% in Reading.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 129.9, against 11.5 in Reading.
  • We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
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At a glance

Against Reading and England
This schoolReadingEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
17.5%
Worse than Reading
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
44.4%
Worse than Reading
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
129.9
Worse than Reading
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
21.9
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
43%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
15.2
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.5
Less sought after than Reading
Reading and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 46 families put it first for 86 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • We can't tell how far Year 7 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Quality

  • Inadequate Ofsted · inspected 10 October 2023
  • We hold no published results for this school: it may be new, or have no pupils in the tested years.

Daily life

  • Absence: 17% of sessions missed; 44% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.7% and 29% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 130 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 26); 2 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 21.9 pupils; 43% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 15.2 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 134 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 19 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 2 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 9.7 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.3 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Greenshaw Learning Trust, with 39 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined January 2025
  • Opened as an academy (sponsored) on 1 January 2025 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced John Madejski Academy (URN 130247) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 January 2025
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026864610746
Year 72025896011760

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2025 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
10 October 2023Graded inspectionInadequate

Source: Ofsted, 2023.

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/2517%8.7%8.8%44%14%
Schools with a similar intake9.7%29%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 758 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/25129.927%9602
Schools with a similar intake25.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size21.92025/26
Classes over 30 pupils43%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher15.2November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus134

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20255
20245
20232
20225
20212

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 2 serious and 0 fatal in all; 4 involved a pedestrian, 8 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO29.72024
PM1011.22024
PM257.32024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals43%2025/26
First language other than English23%2025/26
SEN support18%2025/26
Education, health and care plan4.9%2025/26
Girls35%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Greenshaw Learning Trust, with 39 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined January 2025
  • Opened as an academy (sponsored) on 1 January 2025 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced John Madejski Academy (URN 130247) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 January 2025
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Reading and the Reading league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.