School Profile

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

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South EastDayAcademySixth Form
Profile Notes
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is a state-funded academy offering secondary education for ages 11-18 in Reading, South East. Currently has 1,545 pupils on roll and a sixth form. Religious affiliation: None. Admissions policy: Other non selective. (auto-generated from GIAS metadata; the school may have a fuller profile on its website)
ReadingRG4 8LRNational Curriculum
1,545 pupils (107% of 1,440 capacity) 845 boys / 700 girls
Official URN 136307 • LAESTAB 8704020
www.highdown.reading.sch.uk
Official Registration
StatusOpen
PhaseSecondary
Establishment typeAcademy converter
Statutory age11 - 18
Opened 01-11-2010 • Closed Still active
Destination Snapshot
Inspection & quality signals
Historical Links
No predecessor or successor relationship was found for this school in the current GIAS extract.
Evidence Trail
Government performance dataDfE EES • latest 2024/25
A Level2024/25 • 161 students
Avg points / entry34.57
% achieving AAB+16.8%
GCSE / KS42024/25
Attainment 850.4
EBacc avg points4.61
Eng & Maths 5+57.3%

Source: UK Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Independent schools that teach IGCSEs, Pre-U or the IB are NOT counted in standard GCSE league tables; their KS4 figures appear low for that reason.

Official Performance Snapshot
202425Academicz
Students 8 • APS n/a • Value added -0.6
202425Academicz
Students 152 • APS n/a • Value added 0.19
202425AcademicAbove average
Students 161 • APS 34.57 • Value added 0.16
202425A levelz
Students 8 • APS n/a • Value added -0.6
202425A levelz
Students 152 • APS n/a • Value added 0.18
202425A levelAbove average
Students 161 • APS 34.39 • Value added 0.16