Welcome from the
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Welcome from the Headmaster

At the time of his trial in 1539, Blessed Hugh, the last Benedictine Abbot of Reading Abbey, gave witness to the importance of ‘true teaching’. True teaching in faith, character, and intellectual formation continue to go hand in hand in our school. What we seek to help develop, in partnership with families, are flourishing young people.

Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School is an oversubscribed, high performing, co-educational school of 1018 students, located in West Reading. The school, which includes a thriving Sixth Form, was graded as “Good”, once again, in 2023 (click below to read the full report).

In 2023, a year where results declined nationally, we were pleased to buck the trend at GCSE, where our core attainment improved, as well as seeing our Sixth Form students off to a range of exciting settings, including the universities of Oxford and Durham. Now, in 2024, we are preparing our medium term strategy through to 2027 with a focus on character education.

 

Ofsted Report 2023

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