Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,082 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Free schools special
Thames Valley School
- Pupils on roll
- 78of 78 places
- Free school meals
- 48.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 4
- Ofsted
- Good, 16 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Thames Valley School has no sixth form. Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
20% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
As an 11–16 school, Thames Valley School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Reading and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Thames Valley School | Reading | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 10 | 1,475 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 70% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 70% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 51% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 50% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 20% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 20% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 10% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 4 | 100% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Mathematics | 4 | 100% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| Combined Science | 4 | 100% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
| Computer Science | 2 | 50% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| Geography | 2 | 50% | 41% | — | 25% | — |
Other secondary schools in Reading
Hartland High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 589 pupils
60% stayed in education
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,537 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.4
Kendrick School
Academy converter · sixth form · 939 pupils
99% stayed in education · Attainment 8 84.0
King's Academy Prospect
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,157 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.8
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Free schools · 889 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.