Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Voluntary aided school in Reading, RG30 3EP, taking ages 11 to 18, 1,082 on roll.
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every Reading school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 1 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School: 1 miles, 2025/26 Oxford Road Community School: 0.14 miles, 2025/26, published by Reading
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2025/26, from Reading. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Reading, published admission distances, 2025/26
Where Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School and Oxford Road Community School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Oxford Road Community School admitted from 0.14 miles in 2025/26, published by Reading. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1 and 0.14 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Primary Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.59 mi 2025/26 | 0.7 mi |
| All Saints Junior School Both in reach | Primary | 0.84 mi 2025/26 | 0.8 mi |
| Wilson Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.28 mi 2025/26 | 0.8 mi |
| Oxford Road Community School Both in reach | Primary | 0.14 mi 2025/26 | 1.0 mi |
| Coley Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.19 mi 2025/26 | 1.2 mi |
| River Academy Both in reach | Secondary | 1.24 mi 2025/26 | 1.5 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | Roman Catholic |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 1,082 pupils in 922 places (117% full, over capacity) |
| Local authority | Reading |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 08 November 2023. Ungraded inspection, November 2023: school remains Good |
| Attainment 8 | 46.0 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | -0.02 |
| 2022/23 | +0.12 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
| Girls and boys | 49.5% girls, 50.5% boys |
| English as an additional language | 37.8% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 20.1% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 49.7% |
| Sixth-form college | 15.7% |
| Further education college | 26.8% |
| Apprenticeship | 2.6% |
| Employment | 0.7% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 2.6% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Cheapest district inside the 1 miles: RG30, median £366,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RG30 | Reading | 0.6 mi | £366,000 104 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School by bus
Best-served stop: Fawley Road, 0.1 mi away, with 4.3 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; the service runs through the night.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fawley Road | 0.1 mi | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 26, 87, 90 |
| Southcote Farm Lane | 0.1 mi | 4.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 26, 87, 90 |
| Fawley Road | 0.1 mi | 4.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 26, 87, 90 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School?
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1 miles away, per Reading.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 117% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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