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Read Academy Education[1]

Independent · ages 3–16

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Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
58.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
17.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 47.9[4] 50%[4]
2023/24 66.3[5] 92.3%[5]
2022/23 50[6] 57%[6]
2021/22 23.1[7] 33%[7]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Ofsted[8]
Latest inspection
4 Jul 2023[9]
Type
Independent School standard inspection[9]
Report published
1 Oct 2023[9]
Personal development
Outstanding[9]
Quality of education
Good[9]
Overall effectiveness
Good[9]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[9]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[9]
Independent school standards
All standards Met[9]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[9]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[9]

Ofsted inspects this independent school against the Independent School Standards; "Independent school standards" says whether it met all of them at its latest standard inspection.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

Prep, day
£5,625 a year 2026/27 · Reception to Year 6 · VAT not stated[10]
Senior, day
£5,868 a year 2026/27 · Secondary (Year 7 - Year 11) · VAT not stated[10]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
3–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
300[1]
Local authority
Redbridge[1]
Website
www.readacademy.co.uk[1]
Nursery classes
Has Nursery Classes[8]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[8]
District
Redbridge[11]
Postcode
IG1 3BD[1]
URN
139826[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
290 2024/25[12]
SEN support
6.6% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
0% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[12]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2026-07-31, provisional. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. readacademy.co.uk: readacademy.co.uk — Fee structure. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    Reception to Year 6: £5625 Annual Fee (p. 1)
    Secondary (Year 7 - Year 11) £5868 Annual Fee (p. 1)
  11. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.