Leighton Park School A GSG School
- Leighton Park School
Shinfield Road
Reading
RG2 7DE - Head: Mr Matthew Judd
- T 01189 879600
- F 01189 879625
- E [email protected]
- W www.leightonpark.com/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Reading
- Pupils: 560; sixth formers: 191
- Religion: Quaker
- Fees: Day £24,540 - £29,910 pa; Boarding £33,690 - £48,105 pa
- Open days: March, May and June
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Teachers cajole and bolster rather than drill and it’s one of the things the parents like the most about the school, reporting that work is taken seriously and pupils strive for success but ‘thankfully without being results driven’. Music is a serious business, with annual house music reportedly louder than a football match – ‘it doesn’t finish until after 10pm, so loads of people stay over that night, it’s awesome,’ said a student. Décor-wise, we found the boarding houses more YHA than Premier Inn (disappointingly, not even a poster or any other evidence of personalisation in the dorms we saw) but school has plans to...
What the school says...
Leighton Park offers an exceptional values-led education for 11–18 year-old girls and boys, located next to the University of Reading. We combine exceptiona academic progress in Berkshire with national award-winning personal development and sector-leading pastoral care. We challenge our students to imagine a better world, we then support them to develop the character, confidence and determination to be changemakers. ...Read more
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Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
Other features
Music and dance scheme - government funding and grants available to help with fees at selected independent music and dance schools.
Sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Rowing
Sailing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2018, Matthew Judd. Cheerful and, judging from his almost scarily ordered office (even the pencils in the pot are equally spaced apart), ultra-organised. Grew up in Crawley and was the first person in his family to go to university (geography at University of Wales followed by teaching qualification from Cambridge), having attended the local comp in the shadow of Gatwick airport: ‘If you were a boy, you went into baggage handling; if you were a girl, you went into duty free.’ Started his career at Haberdashers’ Aske’s boys in 1993, moved in 2005 to be principal at MPW college in London before rejoining Habs five years later as second master and executive head of its prep. Also an ISI inspector and it was this role that brought him here: ‘Every school I inspect...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Leighton Park School currently offers specialist support for a number of students in the Individual Learning Centre. This is provided by six well-qualified teachers, who give one-to-one help on a regular basis. Students receive support from the Centre for a range of learning challenges and difficulties, individually arranged, and in close co-operation with their subject teachers. All students are screened on entry to the school, to determine whether additional support is appropriate. Study skills, including identifying the individual learning style, revision, organisation and mind-mapping are examples of different strategies used to help with students’ learning. At Leighton Park, everyone understands that students will have distinctive learning styles: the community recognises how important it is that all students should feel fully part of school life, with their needs openly understood and supported. Students often drop in to the Centre for a chat, or for additional pastoral or academic support. ILC pupils regularly achieve outstandingly successful results in public examinations, and of course play a full part in the rich variety of school life outside the classroom.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | Y |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Grove School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Rupert House School | 2024 | 2 | ||
| St George’s School Windsor Castle | 2024 | 1 | ||
| The Mall School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
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