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Hamilton School

Special schoolAges 11–18AcademySixth form

Reading, RG1 5SG · Reading local authority

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

How full
64 pupils
94% of its 68 places
Free school meals
73%
73 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Hamilton School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 73% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RG1 5) sold for a median £315,000; Reading’s is £355,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 14 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Hamilton beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 4.5

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Reading avg 53.4

20304050607080England avg 47.3Hamilton 4.5

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Reading avg 58%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Hamilton 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
5.2
2024/25
3.3
2025/26
4.5

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.79: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Reading 70% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

62 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
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
80.7%England 26.2%
Its letter

No letter for Hamilton 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, May 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Hamilton School

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

Home prices in RG1 5, the school’s postcode sector

Reading property prices →
£315,000
median sale, 251 sales in 36 months · Reading £355,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025RG1 5Reading
RG1 5Reading

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£728K
Semi-detached
£603K
Terraced
£325K
Flat
£230K
RG1 5Reading

Homes in RG1 5 sell for a little under 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

30 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNAC+B−C+B+A−C−A+B−C−A+A+DAA+C+B+B−CBBA−C−C−A+B+A−C−Hamilton School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Reading, RG1 5SG

Hamilton School: common questions

What is Hamilton School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near Hamilton School?

Homes in its postcode sector, RG1 5, sold for a median £315,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (251 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.

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