Denefield School
Secondary · Reading · RG31 6XY
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 1 November 2023
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1,171 pupils · 103% of 1,137 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 4.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 18.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.denefield.org.uk
- URN
- 137777
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 217 families named it first for 203 Year 7 places, 1.07 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.899 miles; distance decided places in 13 of the 17 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2009 to 2025. Ofsted last graded it Good on 1 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.07 first-choice applications per place203 places offered · 217 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.899 miles for 2025 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 1.899 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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GCSE results (2024/2025)
183 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
A-level results (2024/2025)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipping Norton School | 49.3 | |
| Brimsham Green School | 44.9 | |
| Bohunt Horsham | 49.5 | |
| Queen Elizabeth's | 46.2 | |
| The Blue School | 49.7 | |
| BBG Academy | 46.8 | |
| Oathall Community College | 51.6 | |
| Belper School and Sixth Form Centre | 44.3 | |
| Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy | 42.7 | |
| Kirkbie Kendal School | 50.1 | |
| Birkenhead High School Academy | 50.5 | |
| Campion School | 46.2 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 75% (West Berkshire 76%, England 59%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (West Berkshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (West Berkshire 7%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (West Berkshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (West Berkshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (West Berkshire 1%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 2% (West Berkshire 3%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 2% (West Berkshire 1%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (West Berkshire 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (West Berkshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (West Berkshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (West Berkshire 0%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (West Berkshire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
24.17 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · West Berkshire: 21.38 suspensions and 0.32 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
72.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,210; 8.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 13% (11%) · educational supplies 9% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £553,000; in-year balance +£115,000
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Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 1 November 2023: Good
- 16 January 2018: School remains Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 40.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 11% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 47.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 9.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 82.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 2.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 15.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 47.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 16.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 39.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 7.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016315 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £435,500242 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £375,000–£550,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (3.06 km, 2025 entry): 1,353 sales, median £405,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 3an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted