Blessed Hugh Faringdon
Catholic School

Welcome from the
Headteacher

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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. Our teaching aims to instil character, as well as convey knowledge, as we are preparing children for a lifetime, not merely for examinations. 

Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School is an oversubscribed, high performing, co-educational school of 1090 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).

This year, 2024, we retained our consistent set of results, with GCSE attainment in the all-important English and maths, strong. Achievement too was solid, offering our students options at age 16 and leading to this year's year 12 (Sixth Form) being the largest in many years. Post-16, too, saw the highest number of students yet heading off to the top 'Russel Group' universities, as well as to medicine and dentistry schools. Apprenticeships, too, were a feature of this set of results. 

Ofsted Report 2023