Secondary
The WREN School
61-63 Bath Road, Reading, RG30 2BB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 931 of 1176 places
- Local authority
- Reading
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- EXCALIBUR ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
January 2024
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
GCSE results
41%
44.8
17th of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Reading we can score - 23 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.89 |
| Entered the EBacc | 14% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% |
| A level average points per entry | 24.97 |
| A level students | 70 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 24% |
| 22/23 | 29% |
| 23/24 | 36% |
| 24/25 | 41% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 22.4 |
| 22/23 | 22.7 |
| 23/24 | 21.8 |
| 24/25 | 25.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.74 |
| 22/23 | -0.30 |
| 23/24 | -0.13 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.0 |
| 22/23 | 38.7 |
| 23/24 | 43.0 |
| 24/25 | 44.8 |
61-63 Bath Road, Reading, RG30 2BB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Reading admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- John Salberg
- Address
- 61-63 Bath Road, Reading, RG30 2BB
- Telephone
- 01182143888