RB-Reading – Registered charity number 1136446
Performance outcomes
Our programme is designed to reduce students’ social isolation, build their confidence and get them back on an academic track, raising their ambitions and interest in learning.
We support a very diverse group of you people, many of whom have been out of education for several months or years. When our students join us, they have missed extensive periods of schooling. Accordingly, their attainment levels are usually well below the national average for their age.
We also have a high proportion of students with special educational needs – in 2017/18, 81% of our students had special educational needs. It is therefore important to view performance not just in terms of academic attainment.
Our targets for our students
We continually monitor the quality of our provision. We aim to achieve the following outcomes:
- 100% of students return or transition to appropriate mainstream or alternative education or further education, training or work.
- 90% of eligible students (Years 10 and 11) sit exams and obtain qualifications.
Inspections
RB-Reading was last inspected by the Independent Schools Report (ISI) in 2017. The inspectors found RB-Reading to be fully compliant in every category. RB Reading had a full Compliance and Quality Inspection 4th-6th February 2020 where the Centre was classified as Good.
You can see the full report here.
Annual reports
Until 2020, Annual Reports for the Centre were produced by Red Balloon Educational Trust (at the time called Red Balloon Learner Centre Group) who produced an annual report for the work undertaken across the Red Balloon federation of charities. These reports are available below.
Policies
Policies are reviewed annually by the Centre trustees. The Chair of Trustees signs a policy list (held in the Centre office) to indicate that this has been carried out. Names of ‘responsible staff’ (e.g. Examinations Officer) as required within policies are also available from the Centre office.
Number of official complaints received: 0