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Thames Valley School

Special schoolAges 4–16Free school

Reading, RG30 4BZ · Reading local authority

Reading’s School Grade A− better than 76% of towns in England

How full
78 pupils
100% of its 78 places
Free school meals
49%
49 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Thames Valley School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 49% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, April 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RG30 4) sold for a median £375,000; Reading’s is £355,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

59 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
45.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 12%Boys 88%
Its letter

No letter for Thames Valley School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, April 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), November 2019.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Thames Valley School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in RG30 4, the school’s postcode sector

Reading property prices →
£375,000
median sale, 370 sales in 36 months · Reading £355,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025RG30 4Reading
RG30 4Reading

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£510K
Semi-detached
£410K
Terraced
£335K
Flat
£218K
RG30 4Reading

Homes in RG30 4 sell for a little over Reading’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

21 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBCDC−BABCC−C+CABB−BCC−C+C−C−Thames Valley School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Reading, RG30 4BZ

Thames Valley School: common questions

What is Thames Valley School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (April 2024).

How much do houses cost near Thames Valley School?

Homes in its postcode sector, RG30 4, sold for a median £375,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (370 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Reading’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.