Our town prides itself on having some of the best schools in the country that see pupils thriving in many different areas.
A study has recently emerged that indicates where the best schools are in Reading for pupil progression.
A new report ranks schools and colleges in Reading based on their progress 8 scores.
Non-Stop Kids and Online Marketing Surgery have created their School Attainment Project, which helps rank secondary schools in Reading based on their average progress 8 scores.
This score is a way of measuring the progress that pupils make from the end of key stage 2 to the end of key stage 4.
The study found that Kendrick School has the highest progress 8 score in Reading with 1.06 above the average of 0.
The data first presents the school, the count of KS4 pupils, and their Progress 8 score.
Kendrick School
100
1.06
Reading School
149
0.97
Reading Girls' School
86
0.61
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
177
0.21
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
153
0.12
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
234
0.07
The WREN School
156
-0.30
John Madejski Academy
92
-0.45
King's Academy Prospect
171
-0.71
Special education schools have not been included in the data.
The source created the list by using the GOV.UK data and looked at all Reading secondary schools and colleges to find their progress 8 score.
From this, they saw if they were below or above the 0-school average and created the rankings accordingly.
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