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Free, deep thinking scholarship is prized at Leighton Park. Students achieve excellent outcomes and leave well prepared for university and life. Interdisciplinary, creative problem solving, giving our students the skills to be changemakers and a passion for music are three ways that we distinguish what happens at Leighton Park.
What is Leighton Park School like? Leighton Park is set in an ideal location, in a beautiful 65-acre park on the outskirts of Reading. The school is a 30 minute taxi ride from Heathrow or 25 minutes on the train from London Paddington, also offering a Weekly Boarding taxi route from Chiswick.
Parents considering Leighton Park for their children to join Year 7 in September 2025 are invited to join Matthew Judd, Head, to discuss what Leighton Park has to offer. These informal sessions are held every Friday, 9.00am – 10.00am and are limited to 8 families. New visitors to Leighton Park:
Leighton Park is located in Reading, right next to the University of Reading. If you’re using a satnav, please use RG2 7ED to enter the School by our Shinfield Road entrance.
Leighton Park School is proud to be in partnership with the Astra School Centred Initial Teacher Training provider (SCITT), an innovative, Ofsted Outstanding and non-profit organisation which provides outstanding training opportunities for new entrants into the teaching profession.The Astra SCITT is part of the Astra Teaching School Hub, accredited by the DfE as one of only 87 Hubs in the ...
Leighton Park won Senior School of the Year in the Independent Schools Association Awards 2023-24 and was a Finalist for Indpendent School of the Year in the TES Schools Awards 2023-24. We also won the national Independent Schools Association Award for Excellence in Pupil Personal Development in 2022-23
Leighton Park won the national ISA Award for Excellence in Pupil Personal Development. Rudolf Eliott Lockhart, CEO of ISA commented: "Leighton Park School inspires the changemakers of tomorrow with their values-based education. This is an ethos that runs throughout the whole school."
