School Tours

We invite you to make an appointment to visit Read Academy by filling in our enquiry form and a member of our admissions team will get back to you to schedule a visit.

Open days and evenings are also held throughout the year and you are welcome to put your child’s name on a class waiting list at any time in the academic year.

Admissions Policy

Please contact us here if you could like to register your interest for a school place. Currently, all year groups are full.

Reception Class Admissions

The admission process for entry into our EYFS class is based:

  • A collaborative parent/guardian and child initial interview
  • A ‘whole’ child assessment conducted by our admissions team
  • A reference from the child’s present school/nursery

We have a whole-hearted, professional approach and offer school places on the basis of building strong home-school partnerships with every family.

Admissions into Primary and Secondary Years

The admissions policy for entry into Primary and Secondary year groups is based on:

  • An entrance examination aligned to age-related expectations in core subjects (Literacy and Numeracy at Primary, English, Mathematics and Science at Secondary)
  • A written reference from the student’s present school and a pupil  interview carried out during the examination procedure
  • An interview with prospective student’s parents

Fees

Read Academy is a not-for-profit fee-paying school.

Following the recent Budget announcement on 30th October 2024, the Government has confirmed it will be going ahead with their proposed policy to apply VAT to Private School Fees from 01/01/2025. Despite lobbying and pressure from various organisations, the government has decided not to exclude small faith schools from this policy.

Consequently, we must inform you that 20% VAT will now be added on to school fees effective from 01/01/2025. As a result, the school fees have increased.

The annual per-child fee for our early years (Reception) and primary school is a single and transparent £5,160 (inc VAT). This is a termly fee of £1,720.

The annual per-child fee for our secondary school is £5,400(inc VAT). This is a termly fee of £1,800.

Year 11: Examination fees and admin costs will be approximately an extra £50 per subject and is charged prior to GCSE exam season for year 11 students (Exam Fee is set by the awarding body in the year of examination.)

The school accepts applications all through the year. A one-off admissions fee of £200 is payable on successful enrolment to the school.