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Read School

Other independent school in Selby (North Yorkshire).

Pupils
245
on roll
Ofsted
-
no graded judgement
Attendance rate
-
not published
Pupil : Teacher
-
not published
Eligible for free school meals
0.0%
school census 2024/25
SEN support
31.4%
2025/26
Capacity
70%
245 / 350 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
-
not published

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

Welcome to Read School, a co-educational day and boarding school in North Yorkshire. In line with the noble legacy of our founder, Charles Reade, our mission is to create a warm and welcoming school for pupils of all abilities and walks of life. We are academically non-selective and socially inclusive, offering a vibrant and supportive community in which to learn and grow.

Read School was founded in 1667 and strives to be the independent day and boarding school of choice in the local area.

I firmly believe that we have a very special offering which blends the traditional with the innovative, combining an excellent education in core subjects with a broad extra-curricular programme and an outward-looking global mindset that reaches far beyond our tranquil location of rural Drax, North Yorkshire.

We rightly place a premium on love of learning, active engagement with our broad and balanced curriculum and wider co-curricular interests that do much to foster character. Indeed we remain true to our original ethos and commitment to a rounded education for all pupils, as well illustrated by this excerpt in this Draxonian prospectus from circa 1928:

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

21 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Athletics
  • Chess
  • Choir
  • Cooking
  • Cricket
  • Cross Country
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Football
  • Gardening
  • Hockey
  • Mindfulness
  • Netball
  • Rounders
  • Rugby

and 5 more

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development

Key facts

URN
121748
Type
Other independent school
Phase
Not applicable
Ages
4 to 18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Selby
Setting
Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Opened
1967

Governing body

No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold. Independent schools, colleges and some other types do not appear in the governance returns.

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