School Summary

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre


Boys: 804
Girls: 767
Total Pupils: 1571
Opened: 01-11-2010
Ofsted: Good
Headteacher: Rachel Cave
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Surley Row
Reading
Berkshire
RG4 8LR
Telephone: 01189015800
Website: http://www.highdown.reading.sch.uk

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AdministrativeWard (code): E05013867
AdministrativeWard (name): Caversham Heights
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 4
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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County (name): Berkshire
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Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E06000038
DistrictAdministrative (name): Reading
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Easting: 471232
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
EstablishmentNumber: 4020
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
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GOR (name): South East
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Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: Rachel
HeadLastName: Cave
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Headteacher
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LA (name): Reading
LSOA (code): E01016430
LSOA (name): Reading 002E
LastChangedDate: 03-05-2023
Locality: Emmer Green
MSOA (code): E02003390
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NumberOfBoys: 804
NumberOfGirls: 767
NumberOfPupils: 1571
NurseryProvision (name): Not applicable
OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 02-10-2018
OfstedRating (name): Good
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
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OpenDate: 01-11-2010
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ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Reading East
PercentageFSM: 8.00
PhaseOfEducation (code): 4
PhaseOfEducation (name): Secondary
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PreviousEstablishmentNumber: 4020
PreviousLA (code): 903
PreviousLA (name): Pre LGR (1998) Berkshire
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RSCRegion (name): North-West London and South-Central England
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SchoolCapacity: 1440
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SchoolWebsite: http://www.highdown.reading.sch.uk
Section41Approved (name): Not applicable
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SpecialClasses (code): 2
SpecialClasses (name): No Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 18
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Surley Row
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TelephoneNum: 01189015800
Town: Reading
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 5
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a single-academy trust
Trusts (code): 3412
Trusts (name): HIGHDOWN SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM CENTRE
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TypeOfEstablishment (name): Academy converter
TypeOfResourcedProvision (name): Resourced provision
UKPRN: 10032203
UPRN: 310027569
URN: 136307
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"7 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Terrible school. Gone really down hill since new headmistress took over. Very badly behaved pupils and little action taken by teachers to correct problem.\n\nMoved child to other school, which is much better.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Terrible school. Gone really down hill since new headmistress took over. Very badly behaved pupils and little action taken by teachers to correct problem.\n\nMoved child to other school, which is much better.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"David Robinson","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/117173010427533879882\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXGC33SetWVbfXsFRBJVHoX6Dna02QD_YwQ2BHGSanXeXY=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba4"},"publishTime":"2016-01-08T12:36:14Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"8 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"rubbish\nthe school cant afford nothing . got un-qaliffied teachers for core subjects . few teachers are good. there is a mazzive bullying issue going on in ks3 (year 7 and 8 and 9) but mostly the current year 8s the teachers try to stop this from happening but fail to . alot of people have moved to different schools in reading as this school is going back down hill . dont send your kids to this school aviod if possible .","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"rubbish\nthe school cant afford nothing . got un-qaliffied teachers for core subjects . few teachers are good. there is a mazzive bullying issue going on in ks3 (year 7 and 8 and 9) but mostly the current year 8s the teachers try to stop this from happening but fail to . alot of people have moved to different schools in reading as this school is going back down hill . dont send your kids to this school aviod if possible .","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Soph B","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/116455703284459706268\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjUKPVyjUUrT3t0_KhYPqVKuHmcFuybynveRGF4bwO2yydM=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba3"},"publishTime":"2015-07-28T08:03:33Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"7 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Much better facilities than the independent school I attended!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Much better facilities than the independent school I attended!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Ben \u00e2\u0080\u009cBig Ben\u00e2\u0080\u009d Shepley","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/110467004036536040193\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocKZEtJQjvo6SogGyzlX_TJdMfvTRpykT_iP89VBpfDYAv0=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba3"},"publishTime":"2015-11-27T16:49:37Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"More improvement is needed. It's doing the right thing well done","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"More improvement is needed. It's doing the right thing well done","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Alieu Sesay","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/102316532938121393365\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJdY6jO6gRJLqWUTDe9VoiHWAE-K2775mXlVe_F58Z0=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2018-05-21T07:00:16Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Dreadful school and memories","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Dreadful school and memories","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Lisa Smith","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/112321639050357025223\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjWWqasPcA2JG95_A0BBJS9oldWBcs_aXwMVwDN7ByKAFHo=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2018-03-01T23:02:52Z"}]