Highdown School

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Address
Map
Surley Row

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RG4 8LR

Coordinates51°28′54″N 0°58′30″W / 51.481551°N 0.975113°W / 51.481551; -0.975113
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoAspire and Achieve
Established1971
Local authorityReading Borough Council
SpecialistMaths and Computing
Department for Education URN136307 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair Of GovernorsA Rajantie
Head teacherRachel Cave
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1550
Colour(s)Black, red, and white      
Websitehttp://www.highdown.reading.sch.uk/

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is an academy in Emmer Green on the outskirts of Reading, Berkshire, England. It has a capacity for approximately 1600 students aged 11–18. There are currently 1459 students on roll at the school with 262 students attending the Sixth Form.[1] Highdown School is a non-selective school with provision for Special Education Needs and is a specialist school for maths and computing.[2] Rachel Cave has been the head teacher since 2013.[3] The school's most recent Ofsted inspection, in 2018, rated the school "good".[4]

  1. ^ "DfE : Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre". Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Department of Education". Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Headteacher's Welcome". Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. ^ "GOV.UK". Retrieved 3 March 2020.