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Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School

Fawley Road, Southcote, Reading, RG30 3EP

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OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)92.6%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 46
Roll vs capacityNot compared: roll is above published capacity
Pupils1082

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade. See the full report for latest area judgements.

Report published 8 Nov 2023.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in RG30. Where we have them, council (Reading) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1082
Free school meals
21.7%
8.2% below district average (29.9%)

Also: Reading 20.3% · England 25.8%

SEN
16.9%
16.9% below district average (33.8%)

Also: Reading 14.3% · England 16.5%

EAL
38.8%
9.2% above district average (29.6%)
Attendance
92.6% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.2% above district average (92.4%)

Also: Reading 92.4% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the RG30 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is from 2023/24, the latest year published for this school. There is no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils did not sit Key Stage 2 tests during the pandemic. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

20.9%

1% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

-0.02

0.02 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

46

0.1 below England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

39.2%

6.2% below England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

64%

0.8% below England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

42.5%

2% above England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

4.05

Same as England (4.09)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 96.9%
    2020/21
  • 93.1%
    2021/22
  • 93.4%
    2022/23
  • 93%
    2023/24
  • 92.6%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 132 families put this school first. All of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
132
First-preference offers
132
First preferences offered a place
100%
Total offers
174
Named on any preference
345

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Not compared: roll is above published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
922
Pupils on roll
1082

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Reading page.

SEN support

SEN %
16.9%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · ASD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in RG30 · Schools in Reading

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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