Joining Maiden Erlegh Trust in December 2023, Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery is a two-form entry community school serving the Birch Hill and Hanworth districts of Bracknell Forest.

We set high standards of work and achieve this through providing a curriculum that also develops children's belief that they can achieve their highest aspiration, while working closely with parents and the whole community. 

Our Motto is: Learn, Believe, Achieve Together.

At Cranbury College, we believe in a therapeutic and trauma-informed approach to understanding behaviours in and out of the classroom. We believe in educational equity for all learners. A great education is an intrinsic right for all young people - not a privilege.

Our young people tell us they enjoy coming to Cranbury College. We constantly strive to create an environment that enables outstanding personal development through a purposeful curriculum; a programme of study designed to meet the needs of our learners coupled with a diverse enrichment offer.

We work closely with our parents and carers to establish safe and robust networks of support for our learners. Parents help us to underpin and promote our ambitious aspirations in terms of excellent attendance and exceptional outcomes for all children at Cranbury College.

Great Hollands Primary School joined Maiden Erlegh Trust in July 2017.  Over the past few years, we have made impressive improvements and are very proud to offer our children a high-quality, well-rounded education with fantastic opportunities to develop self-confidence, independence and a love of learning.

Our children are at the heart of every decision we make; they motivate and inspire us each day to achieve endless possibilities.  The opportunities the school provides for them are relevant to their needs, both now and for the future. 

As part of Maiden Erlegh Trust, we reflect on all we do to align with the Trust values to: aim high, be inclusive and work together.

Hamilton School's mission is to recognise each and every one of our students as individuals, and to nurture their potential, developing the whole child by challenging and supporting them, intellectually, emotionally, socially, and physically.

Hamilton School is an SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health) Special School in Reading catering for up to 64 students with Education, Health Care Plans (EHCP). 

At Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge we are committed to helping our students realise their dreams by equipping our young people with the knowledge, skills, understanding and confidence to achieve success.

Expectations of ourselves, our students and the wider community of the school are high.  We provide a rich and varied curriculum as well as an extensive range of extra-curricular and sporting activities.

Maiden Erlegh has an enviable 60 year tradition of academic success and provides a high quality education for over 1800 students, 440 of whom are in our thriving Sixth Form.

Academic excellence, while central to the life of the school, is most certainly not the whole picture at Maiden Erlegh. Wider opportunities are provided for our students. For example, foreign language exchanges are arranged with France and Germany, and cultural exchanges with Italy and America. Students have also participated in World Challenge expeditions to Peru, Java, Tanzania, Ecuador and Zambia. An increasing number of students take part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.

We opened our doors to our first Year 7 students in September 2015 and since then each year group as opened up and the school now caters for 900 students, housed in brand-new, purpose-built accommodation that opened in 2016.

A school, however, is not just the building but the community of students, staff and parents working together to deliver excellent outcomes for young people. We are determined that our students will leave Maiden Erlegh School in Reading well qualified and equipped for the next phase of their life. We do this using the educational expertise, experience and leadership from across the Maiden Erlegh Trust, working in collaboration with our sister school.

Our students thrive in a supportive, purposeful and happy environment. They benefit immensely from working with the highly trained, talented and dedicated teachers and support staff and from participating in a wide range of exciting and inspiring extra-curricular activities. As a result they make excellent progress and secure impressive results, but also grow into wonderful young adults.

Oak Tree School provides a safe and happy learning environment for young learners with an Education Healthcare Plan (EHCP) for Autism Spectrum Condition and associated complex needs.  The school opened in September 2023 to children in Year 1, Year 3 and Year 7.  The remaining year groups will open in a phased way, until the school is full.  At capacity, the school will provide places for 150 learners from Year 1 to Year 13. 

These children and young people have boundless potential so, at the heart of Oak Tree School’s provision, is a rich and stimulating curriculum, specialist personal development education and targeted therapeutic programmes delivered by talented and specialist staff.

River Academy is a brand new, purpose-built secondary school serving the central Reading community.  

This is a wonderful opportunity to shape the culture and practice of a brand-new secondary school, working as a part of a small but dedicated team. River Academy is a school where the Trust values of ‘Aiming High’, ‘Working Together’ and ‘Being Inclusive’ are firmly established in everything we do, with high expectations for all students and a firm focus on academic excellence and participation ingrained in our every action.