South East
Special schools in Reading
66 schools, 25,954 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 47.8.
Ofsted across Reading
Good28
Outstanding6
Inadequate1
No overall grade31
35 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 31 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Special schools in Reading
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groveside SchoolOther independent special school | Reading | No grade | — |
| The Holy Brook SchoolCommunity special school | Reading | No grade | — |