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Grammar secondary · 11 to 18 · Girls · 939 pupils

Kendrick School

London Road, Reading, RG1 5BN
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Ofsted: Outstanding · November 20221st (1/9)Oversubscribed · 2.8 first choices per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 10th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: 1st.
1st (1/9)Rank among 9 Reading secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Reading league table →
Inspection
Outstanding, November 2022
Getting in
Oversubscribed
Results
+1.07 progress 8; 82.4 attainment 8
Size
939 pupils; 127 places a year; classes of 21
Run by
Kendrick School
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11 to 18 · Girls
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +1.07, against +0.02 in Reading.
  • Attainment 8: 82.4, against 51.9 in Reading.
  • Oversubscribed: 2.8 first choices for each place (Year 7 2026).
  • Selective: places go by the 11+ test first.
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At a glance

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SourceWhere these figures come from

How it is worked outReading 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.

Against Reading and England
This schoolReadingEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+1.07
Better than Reading
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
82.4
Better than Reading
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
99%
Better than Reading
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.
4.9%
Better than Reading
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
11.1%
Better 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.
0.2
Better than Reading
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
21.1
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
9%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
17.8
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.
2.8
More sought after than Reading
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027
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SourceReading Borough Council offer-day figures, 2022 to 2026.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.

Reading Borough Council publishes no last distance offered for this school in the years we hold (2022 to 2026). Check your postcode for the distance from your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

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 →

Offer day, year by year

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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Reading Borough Council, 2022 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026128—128——
Year 72025128—128——
Year 72024128—128——
Year 72023128—128——
Year 72022128—128——

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 8 November 2022
DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026

  • Outstanding
  • Progress 8: +1.07 (England +0.01) (county +0.02)
  • Attainment 8: 82.4 (England 47.4) (county 51.9)
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 99% (England 48%) (county 56%)
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: well above average

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+1.07+0.01+0.022023/2024
Attainment 882.447.451.92025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above99%48%56%2025/2026
Average A level gradeB+——2024/2025

League table place

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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)1st (1/9)
A level (16 to 18)Top 29% (2/7)

Where leavers go

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SourceDfE, destination measures.

Things to know
  • A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.
StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2497100%In education 100%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 0.0%
After GCSEs2022/23100100%In education 100%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 0.0%
After GCSEs2021/2299100%In education 100%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 0.0%
After sixth form2023/2414392%Further education 0.7%; Apprenticeship 2.8%; Employment 6.3%
After sixth form2022/2313899%Further education 0.7%; Apprenticeship 2.9%; Employment 10%
After sixth form2021/2213991%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 3.6%; Employment 13%

Sixth form

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SourceOxford and Cambridge: the school's own website (page), read 10 October 2026; not checked by DfE.

Oxford and Cambridge: 15 offers.

Reading league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 4.9% of sessions missed; 11% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.4% and 13%
  • Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 3); 0 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 21.1 pupils; 3.9% of classes have more than 30
  • 17.8 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 50 m
  • 109 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 18 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 12.2 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.3 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (under 10%), the median of 246 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.9%4.4%0.6%11%0.0%
2023/245.4%5.0%0.4%20%0.3%
2022/236.1%5.5%0.6%21%0.5%
Schools with a similar intake5.4%13%

Suspensions and exclusions

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

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/250.20.2%20
2023/240.20.2%20
2022/230.00.0%00
Schools with a similar intake2.5

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size21.12025/26
Classes over 30 pupils3.9%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher17.8November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus50

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 18 serious and 0 fatal in all; 25 involved a pedestrian, 33 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
202524
202415
202323
202228
202119

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO212.22024
PM1011.32024
PM257.32024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals9.2%2025/26
First language other than English22%2025/26
SEN support4.6%2025/26
Education, health and care plan0.4%2025/26
Girls100%2025/26

Ofsted

Ofsted, November 2022The 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 educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2022.

DateKindOutcome
8 November 2022Graded inspectionOutstanding

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools
DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026

  • Places are given by the 11+ test first, then usually by distance or area.
  • 351 families put it first for 127 places; 119 of them got in
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026127351467119
Year 72025127384495123
Year 72024128374505125
Year 72023128396532124
Year 72022126310434125
Year 72021127579742124
Year 72020128285395128
Year 720199524633293
Year 720189519725992
Year 720179519625595

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined February 2011
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 February 2011

  • Kendrick School
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 February 2011
  • Replaced Kendrick School (URN 110042)
  • 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.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Schools nearby

Reading School0.5 miReading Girls' School1.0 miMaiden Erlegh School in Reading1.1 miUTC Reading1.1 miCompare side by side →

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Mary Seacole Day Nursery & Family Support Unit0.3 miles
Forbury Gardens Day Nursery0.4 miles
Rainbow Day Nursery0.4 miles
N Family Club Reading0.4 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Reading Borough Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • 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, destination measures
  • 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, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

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