Oakbank School
Oakbank School is a free school in Reading for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 300 pupils and room for 560. About 35 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.
Hyde End Lane, Ryeish Green, Hyde End Lane, Reading, RG7 1ER0118 988 3616oakbankschool.co.ukRobert Gerrard headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 13 November 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Ofsted has serious worries about this school. It is in special measures.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
92 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England. These are the results of Oakbank, the school this one replaced.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025† | 2024† | 2023† | 2022† | 2019† | 2018† | Wokingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 92 | 105 | 96 | 87 | 105 | 73 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 41.3 | 41.8 | 41.8 | 45.2 | 38.3 | 46.1 | 54.4 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -0.38 | -0.35 | -0.40 | -0.50 | +0.05 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 38% | 43% | 38% | 41% | 18% | 41% | 63% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 58% | 61% | 67% | 61% | 52% | 63% | 79% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 3.58 | 3.59 | 3.66 | 4.08 | 3.12 | 3.87 | 4.95 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 16% | 20% | 20% | 36% | 13% | 18% | 52% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged | 35.7 | 33.8 | 34.6 | 31.4 | 30.9 | 33.1 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 44.1 | 44.0 | 45.3 | 49.0 | 41.8 | 50.3 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 26.9 | 32.6 | 26.7 | 17.1 | 23.8 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers | – | 65.3 | 56.0 | 71.8 | 50.2 | 59.0 | – | – |
† These results are for Oakbank, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (43 offers for 112 places).
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (25), emotional and mental health (24), language and communications needs (14), Specific learning difficulty (10), Moderate learning difficulty (5), Physical disability (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 88.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 11.5% | 10.8% | 11.8% | 10.8% | 6.4% | 6.0% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 6.8% | 6.5% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 4.4% | 4.7% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 4.7% | 4.4% | 5.9% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 1.4% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 34.2% | 31.8% | 34.2% | 34.7% | 17.0% | 17.8% | 23.9% |
† These attendance figures are for Oakbank, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland High School | Academy | 1.6 miles | 589 | Inadequate 2023 | 0 | Compare |
| Reading Girls' School | Academy | 2.3 miles | 905 | Good 2021 | 60 | Compare |
| Maiden Erlegh School | Academy | 3.0 miles | 1,841 | Outstanding 2020 | 87 | Compare |
| Reading School | Academy (grammar) | 3.2 miles | 1,138 | Outstanding 2023 | 99 | Compare |
| UTC Reading | University technical college | 3.3 miles | 299 | No overall grade 2025 | 17 | Compare |
| Maiden Erlegh School in Reading | Free school | 3.3 miles | 889 | Good 2023 | 54 | Compare |
| Kendrick School | Academy (grammar) | 3.3 miles | 939 | Outstanding 2022 | 99 | Compare |
| Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School | Roman Catholic | 3.4 miles | 1,082 | Good 2023 | 53 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Oakbank School a good school?
Oakbank School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in November 2024.
What is Oakbank School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Oakbank School not judged at its last full inspection on 13 November 2024.
How good are Oakbank School's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 38% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 41.3, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished about half a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does Oakbank School have?
300 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 560 places, so it is 54% full.
What is attendance like at Oakbank School?
Pupils were in school 88.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 34% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Oakbank School?
The average class had 21.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does Oakbank School have a sixth form?
No. Pupils leave after Year 11 for a sixth form elsewhere, a college or an apprenticeship.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Hyde End Lane, Ryeish Green, Hyde End Lane, Reading, RG7 1ER
- Telephone
- 0118 988 3616
- Website
- www.oakbankschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Robert Gerrard
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Greenshaw Learning Trust (39 schools)
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Ward
- Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (change in status)
- URN
- 152100 · LAESTAB 8724002 · UKPRN 10099260
- Formerly
- Oakbank
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Admissions outcomes: Wokingham council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2025, 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.