SCHOOL PROFILE

Maiden Erlegh School in Reading: data, trends and context

Maiden Erlegh School in Reading is a secondary school in Reading. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
141886
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Reading
Region
South East
Trust
MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST
Postcode
RG1 5SL
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
889
FSM eligible
28.9%
EAL / First language other than English
51.7%
SEND (total)
20.2%
SEN Support
18.6%
EHCP
1.7%
White British
11.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.9%
Overall absence
8.1%
Persistent absence
23.8%
Severe absence
3.8%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
ReadingLocal authority91.6%8.4%3.2%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
22.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
8.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.56%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
45.6
English & maths grade 5+
46.7%
English & maths grade 4+
59.4%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Maiden Erlegh School in Reading is a secondary school in Reading. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.