Two pupils from different schools are being treated for meningitis, health authorities have said, following the death of a student.
Three cases have been identified in Reading including one student at Henley College in Oxfordshire who has died.
The other two cases are pupils at Reading Blue Coat School and Highdown Secondary School and Sixth Form Centre, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.
It also confirmed testing on one of the cases showed it is not the same strain of meningitis B as in previous outbreaks this year in Kent and Dorset.
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