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Reading School

School information
MottoFloreat Redingensis
Established1125 (refounded in 1486)
TypeFoundation grammar
ReligionChristian
HeadteacherJ I Weeds
ChaplainRev Chris Evans
SpecialismHumanities
(English, Classics and Geography)
Science
AddressErleigh Road
CityReading
CountyBerkshire
Post codeRG1 5LW
CountryUnited Kingdom
LEAReading Borough Council
Students867
GenderMale
Ages11 to 18
HousesSchool (green,(the boarders: South House (orange) and East Wing (blue)are also contained in School house and all three colours are on the tie)
County (burgundy)
East (pink/cerise)
West (yellow/gold)
ColoursNavy Blue, Silver, House colours.
PublicationReading Rag

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Reading School is a grammar school in the town of Reading, Berkshire, England. It is a single-sex boys' school, which selects incoming students on the basis of examined ability, usually at age 11, with a few entrants at age 13 and 16. It is state-funded, so there are no fees for day pupils, and boarders only pay for food and lodgings, not schooling. The current headmaster, since Autumn 2006, is John Weeds, replacing Patricia Daniels, who was acting headteacher for one year, and also the first female headteacher in the 882-year history of the school.

Reading is a foundation school, and an OFSTED report concluded that "examination results place the school in the top five per cent nationally", "Pupils' attitudes to learning are outstanding" and "The school goes to exceptional lengths to broaden and enrich the education of all pupils". The 2005 Key Stage 3 results were both the best in the country for value-added and for the average points score of each student. In the 2004 school league tables for England (including fee-paying schools), it came eighth for GCSE-level results (average 602.5 points), 106th for A-level results (average 409.3 points) and 170th for value-added between ages 11 and 16 (score of 1037.7 compared with a baseline of 1000). It has recently become a DFES specialist school for the Humanities, specialising in English , Geography and Classics - the first school to specialise in Classics - despite entry being selected by Mathematics and verbal and non-verbal logic ability. The School prides itself on offering A-Level Latin to any student who has an interest in studying the subject. The School will also offer Ancient Greek if numbers permit.

In 2005 the school was awarded the highly prestigious Sportsmark gold award for a four-year period. In the same year Reading was one of just 35 schools nationally to be made a Microsoft Partner School. Reading School has had a partnership with Akhter Computers in Harlow, Essex, since 1998. The company has installed networks throughout the school and in the boarding house. It has also furnished the library with a special system which enables the school to record, edit and distribute video across the network. In 2007, the school was identified by the Sutton Trust

as one of only 20 state schools among the 100 schools in the UK responsible for a third of admissions to Oxford and Cambridge Universities over the five preceding years. 16.0%

of pupils went to Oxbridge and a 62.1% in total went to universities identified by the Sutton Trust as "top universities".

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Subject Taught at KS3 Taught at GCSE Taught at A level Taught at IB*
Classical Greek No Yes Yes No
Art Compulsory Yes Yes Yes
Biology Compulsory Compulsory Yes Yes
Business Studies No Yes No No
Chemistry Compulsory Compulsory Yes Yes
Classical Civilisation No Yes Yes No
Drama Compulsory Yes Yes No
Economics No Yes Yes Yes
English Compulsory Compulsory Yes Compulsory
French Compulsory Yes Yes Yes
Geography Compulsory Yes Yes Yes
German Compulsory from Year 8 Yes Yes Yes
History Compulsory Yes Yes Yes
ICT Compulsory Yes (DiDA) No No
Latin Compulsory Yes Yes Yes
Mandarin Chinese No Yes No No
Mathematics** Compulsory Compulsory Yes Compulsory
Music Compulsory Yes Yes Yes
Physical Education Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory*** No***
Physics Compulsory Compulsory Yes Yes
Religious Education**** Compulsory Compulsory Offered in special cases Offered in special cases
Spanish No Yes No Yes
Technology Compulsory Yes Yes No

Deceased Old Redingensians (chronological order) :
Name Year of birth Year of death Notable achievements
Sir Thomas White 1492 1567 Founder of St John's College, Oxford and Lord Mayor of London in 1553
Sir Francis Moore 1559 1621 MP for Reading
John Blagrave c.1561 1611 Mathematician
William Laud 1573 1645 Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1629 - 1645, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633 - 1645, beheaded in 1645 during the Civil War
John Kendrick 1573 1624 Elizabethan/Jacobean merchant and philanthropist
Daniel Blagrave 1603 1668 Regicide (Signatory of the death warrant of Charles I in 1649). Escaped to exile in Aachen at the Restoration in 1660
Sir Thomas Stampe (or Stamp) Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1691
Sir Constantine Phipps 1656 1723 Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Thomas Noon Talfourd 1795 1854 Judge and writer
Horace William Wheelwright 1815 1865 Lawyer, hunter, naturalist and writer
Captain Hastings Harington 1832 1861 Awarded the Victoria Cross as a lieutenant with the Bengal Artillery for conspicuous gallantry in the relief of Lucknow, 1857; died at Agra
Joseph Wells 1855 1929 Warden of Wadham College, Oxford 1913 - 1927, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1923 - 1926
William Norman Rae 1886 1964 Professor of Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Herbert Leader Hawkins 1887 1968 Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 1937), President of the Palaeontological Society, Professor of Palaeontology, University of Reading, world authority on sea urchins
Arthur Negus 1903 1985 broadcaster and antiques expert
Norman Gash 1912 2009 Eminent historian, former Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews
John Boulting 1913 1985 Film director and producer
Horace Edgar "Tom" Dollery 1914 1987 Warwickshire and England Cricketer
John Minton 1917 1957 Artist, lecturer and teacher
George William Series 1920 1995 Physicist, Professor of Physics, University of Reading, Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 1971)
Sir Clifford Charles Butler 1922 1999 Physicist, co-discoverer of hyperons and mesons

Living Old Redingensians (alphabetical order) :
Name Year of birth Notable achievements

Living Old Redingensians (alphabetical order) :
Paul Badham 1942 Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Lampeter, Director of the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre
Ross Brawn 1954 Former Technical Director of Benetton and Ferrari Formula 1 teams, former Team Principle of Honda F1, former owner of Brawn GP, Team Principle of Mercedes Grand Prix
Tom Burrows 1985 Hampshire County Cricket Club 1st Team
Mark Field 1964 MP � Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Cris Freddi 1955 Author
David Gold 1979 England International Bridge Player (World Championship Silver Medalist 2008)
Damian Green 1956 Former business editor for Channel 4, MP � Shadow Minister for Immigration
Oliver Heald 1954 MP � Shadow Constitutional Affairs Secretary
Haydn Middleton 1955 Author
Christopher Renshaw 1951 Theatre Director
Lord Roper of Thorney Island 1935 Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Andrew Smith 1952 MP � Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and former Cabinet Minister
Sandeep Baliga 1966 Economist � Professor at Kellogg Graduate School of Management and author of Cheap Talk

Schools in Berkshire, England

PrimaryCaversham Primary School * John Rankin Junior School * Priory School * Redlands Primary School * St Joseph's Catholic Primary School * Warfield Church of England Primary School * Wescott School * Westende Junior School
MiddleDedworth Middle School * St Peter's Middle School * Trevelyan School
ComprehensiveBeechwood School * The Bulmershe School * Churchmead School * Cox Green School * Denefield School * Desborough School * The Downs School * Easthampstead Park School * Edgbarrow School * The Emmbrook School * Forest School * Furze Platt senior school * Garth Hill College * John O'Gaunt Community Technology College * Kennet School * Little Heath School * Maiden Erlegh School * Newlands Girls' School * Park House School * The Piggott School * Prospect School * Ryeish Green School * St. Bartholomew's School * St Crispin's School * Theale Green Community School * Trinity School * Waingels College * The Willink School * The Windsor Boys' School
Secondary modernBaylis Court School * St. Joseph's Catholic High School * Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College * Westgate School * Wexham School
AcademyThe Langley Academy
GrammarHerschel Grammar School * Kendrick School * Langley Grammar School * Reading School * St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School * Slough Grammar School
Independent (preparatory)Crosfields School * Dolphin School * Eagle House School * Elstree School * Horris Hill School * Lambrook * Ludgrove School * Sunningdale School * St Gabriel's School * St George's School, Windsor Castle * St Piran's
Independent (senior)The Abbey School * Bearwood College * Bradfield College * Claires Court School * Downe House School * Elvian School * Eton College * Heathfield School * Leighton Park School * Licensed Victuallers' School * Long Close School * Luckley Oakfield * Mary Hare Grammar School * Pangbourne College * Queen Anne's School * Reading Blue Coat School * Redroofs Theatre School * St Gabriel's School * St. George's School, Ascot * St Joseph's Convent School * St Mary's School Ascot * Wellington College



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