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Charles Read Academy

Secondary school

Charles Read Academy is a secondary school in South Kesteven, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 277 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met

Inspection
Report card, 2 June 2026
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Not applicable
Post-16 provision
Not applicable
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Results

Department for Education

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Charles Read Academy was 38.4, against 50.8 in South Kesteven and 46.2 in England.

24.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)

2025/26, provisional
MeasureThis schoolSouth KestevenEngland
Average Attainment 8 score38.450.846.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths24.5%51.6%46.3%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53.1%69.5%64.8%
Pupils at the end of KS449––
  • The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
  • Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
  • Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

Schools nearby

In a straight line

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Kesteven

Where these figures come from

  • Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
  • Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).