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The Curious Lounge C.I.C. (trading as The Curious Academy)

URN: 2748204

Address: The Curious Lounge, 1st Floor, Pinnacle, 20 Tudor Road, Reading, RG1 1NH

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

The overall outcome of the inspection on 15 July 2025 was:

Outstanding

Quality of education:

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes:

Outstanding

Personal development:

Outstanding

Leadership and management:

Outstanding

Adult learning programmes:

Outstanding

Outstanding

All reports

  1. Full inspection: OutstandingFull inspection, PDF - 29 August 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 28 November 2024
    PDF – Published

  3. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 03 September 2024
    PDF – Published
  4. Opened

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Notice

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About The Curious Lounge C.I.C. (trading as The Curious Academy)

  • Type: Independent Learning Provider
  • Local authority: Reading

Location

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  • Address: The Curious Lounge, 1st Floor, Pinnacle, 20 Tudor Road, Reading, RG1 1NH
  • Region: South East

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