Hartland High School
Secondary school in Reading. Inadequate (Oct 2023). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 10 October 2023, report published 23 November 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to John Madejski Academy (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Hartland High School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around October 2027
The last inspection was in October 2023. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 0.7 milesReading Girls' School
Good (Nov 2021)
- 1.6 milesOakbank School
No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Nov 2024) Special measures
- 1.6 milesReading School
Outstanding (Nov 2023)
- 1.8 milesKendrick School
Outstanding (Nov 2022)
- 1.8 milesUTC Reading
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Feb 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.