Denefield School

Denefield School is a secondary school located in Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, England. Originally called Long Lane Comprehensive school after its location, Its name was later changed to avoid confusion with a primary school of the same name. The school was founded in 1976 and opened with 180 students in Year 7. The Sixth form took its first students in 1981. Since then Denefield has continued to grow, with approximately 1,200 students attending during the 2005-2006 school year. The school became a grant-maintained school in 1992, and was awarded a specialism as a Technology College in 1994. In 1999, Denefield became a foundation school. In January 2012, Denefield became an academy school.

The OFSTED report from 2005 described Denefield as a 'good school with outstanding features', however in 2009 it was graded 'inadequate' by OFSTED and put into special measures. In November 2010 Denefield was taken out of special measures, and is now making significant progress in improving the academic attainment of its students. In 2011 students achieved the best GCSE results in the school's history with 80% of students achieving five or more A* - C grades.