OFSTED
Ofsted inspection information
Latest published outcome
No overall judgement
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Free schools special
Phase
Not applicable
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Wokingham
Trust
MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
147
147 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
29
19.7% of pupils
Male pupils
118
80.3% of pupils
12.6 pts
above England
School
37.4%
Wokingham
9.0%
South East
19.0%
England
24.8%
10.1 pts
below England
School
10.2%
Wokingham
22.8%
South East
15.6%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Wokingham
0.3%
South East
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other Mixed background
5.4%
8
Any other White background
3.4%
5
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
100.0%
147 of
147 pupils
79.2 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
0.0%
0 pupils
England
14.8%
14.8 pts
below
EHC plans
100.0%
147 pupils
England
6.0%
94.0 pts
above
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder
89
Speech, language & communication
29
Moderate learning difficulty
10
Social, emotional & mental health
8
Specific learning difficulty
4
Severe learning difficulty
3
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
8.86%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.64 pts
higher than
England
School
8.86%
Wokingham
5.36%
South East
6.30%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
24.00%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
8.18 pts
higher than
England
School
24.00%
Wokingham
12.49%
South East
15.75%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
5.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
3.20 pts
higher than
England
School
5.00%
Wokingham
1.23%
South East
1.93%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
not applicable schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
98.0%
18.2 pts
above England
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.