Reading Girls' School
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Northumberland Avenue , , RG2 7PY England | |
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| Type | Foundation school Bilateral school |
| Established | 1818 (as Reading Girls' British School) |
| Local authority | Reading Borough Council |
| Department for Education URN | 110096 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head Teacher | Mrs Viv Angus |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 648 |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue |
| Website | http://www.readinggirlsschool.co.uk |
Reading Girls' School is a single-sex bilateral school[1] in Reading, Berkshire, England. The school has roughly 648 pupils and nearly 100 teaching staff.
History
RGS traces its history to Reading Girls' British School, established in 1818 at Southampton Street. In 1907 it was transferred to the new purpose-built George Palmer School. In 1960 George Palmer School moved to RGS' current campus at Northumberland Avenue and the girls' section was later renamed Southlands Secondary School for Girls when George Palmer School closed.[2] The boys' section was renamed Ashmead School and then Ashmean Community School and went through a series of mergers with other schools to become the present-day John Madejski Academy. Southlands Secondary was renamed to Reading Girls' School in 1993 with the implementation of its selective stream.
Since November 2015 RGS is undergoing a rebuild, a new campus on the same site is due to be completed by August 2016.[3]
In February 2016 RGS was placed into special measures after an Ofsted inspection rated the school as 'inadequate'. The inspection highlighted problems with leadership, management and quality of teaching at the school.[4]
Academics
The school is considered a business and enterprise school. Reading Girls' school is partnered with Kendrick School, a grammar school in Reading. Although Reading Girls' School is not categorised as a grammar school, it does have verbal and non-verbal reasoning entrance tests for the selective stream section of the school.
References
- ^ "Reading Girls School". Reading Girls School.
- ^ RGS Newsletter - Feb 2010
- ^ "Plans for Reading Girls' School rebuild unveiled". BBC News.
- ^ "Reading Girls' School goes into special measures". BBC News.