Addington School
Special / other · Reading · RG5 3EU
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 29 March 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
311 pupils · 122% of 255 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 26.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151046
In figures
An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 29 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Specific Learning Difficulty
- Visual Impairment
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Multi-Sensory Impairment
- Physical Disability
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Severe Learning Difficulty
- Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 50% (Wokingham 57%, England 66%) · Asian Indian 11% (Wokingham 8%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 11% (Wokingham 7%, England 4%) · Black African 5% (Wokingham 4%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Wokingham 4%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Wokingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Wokingham 3%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Wokingham 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Wokingham 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Wokingham 1%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Wokingham 0%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Wokingham 1%, 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)
1.30 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, special schools: 12.32 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wokingham: 8.69 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.91% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
74.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.8 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 £57,265; 11.5% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 26.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 27.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 27.1% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 25.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 45.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 58.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 29.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 12% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 5.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 16.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 9.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 25.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016615 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £455,000295 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £385,500–£580,000the 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.
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
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 7an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an 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