Leighton Park’s Master Teacher in Computer Science, Peter Marshman, is sharing his expertise – alongside world-leading tech companies such as Google, Facebook, BT and Microsoft – to advise UK Government on Digital Skills education.

The best comes to those who wait – and so it proved on Tuesday 26th March at the much-anticipated official opening of Leighton Park School's Michael Malnick Centre (MMC) for music and media.

Leighton Park is one of the top two schools in Reading for the second year running, according to data released by the Department for Education (DfE) on Thursday 24th January.

​Leighton Park’s 80-strong cohort of Year 11 students were up bright and early this morning eager to collect their GCSE results. Whilst all were keen to discover the outcome of two years’ dedicated study, many were equally keen join the Sixth Form next autumn, ranked the Best in Berkshire and in the Top 40 nationally for academic progress.

Recognised as the top school in Berkshire and in the top 40 nationally by Government’s new league tables for Sixth Form progress, Leighton Park staff and students already had cause to celebrate the success of their Sixth Form education. Even so, it was a delight to see so many smiling faces on the Park today as excited students grabbed their brollies and braved the downpours to collect their A level results.

Over 200 enthusiastic students from five schools across Berkshire were lucky enough to hear molecular biologist, geneticist and television presenter Dr Emily Grossman deliver the inaugural STEAM lecture at Leighton Park School’s STEAM Careers Fair on Monday 2nd July.