Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8LR
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,537 (840 boys, 697 girls)
- Capacity: 1440
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 9.4%
- Telephone: 01189015800
- Ofsted: Good (30 Apr 2015); ungraded inspection 27 Mar 2024: School remains Good
- Attainment 8: 54.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 479 applications, 243 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
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- St Anne's Catholic Primary School (1 miles, straight line)
- The Heights Primary School (1 miles, straight line)
- Caversham Park Primary School (1.1 miles, straight line)
