Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Reading
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry173 applications · 90 places offered · 88 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Reading median median 2.5
- 2025 2.0; Reading median median 2.6
- 2024 2.0; Reading median median 2.5
- 2023 1.9; Reading median median 2.3
- 2022 1.9; Reading median median 2.1
- 2021 1.8; Reading median median 2.3
- 2020 2.4; Reading median median 2.4
- 2019 1.8; Reading median median 2.4
- 2018 2.1; Reading median median 2.5
- 2017 2.2; Reading median median 2.4
- 2016 2.3; Reading median median 2.5
- 2015 2.4; Reading median median 2.4
- 2014 2.4; Reading median median 2.3
- This school
- Reading median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 90 | 173 | 1.9 | 88 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 90 | 176 | 2.0 | 88 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 90 | 176 | 2.0 | 84 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 90 | 167 | 1.9 | 97 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2022 | 90 | 167 | 1.9 | 94 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 90 | 164 | 1.8 | 96 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 220 | 2.4 | 134 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 165 | 1.8 | 99 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 191 | 2.1 | 102 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 90 | 195 | 2.2 | 105 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 90 | 207 | 2.3 | 101 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2015 | 90 | 220 | 2.4 | 112 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2014 | 90 | 218 | 2.4 | 112 | 1.24 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Geoffrey Field Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place
- 0.0 km · ReadingRemains Good202456%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · Reading20262.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Reading20262.5applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · ReadingGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · WokinghamRemains Good20232.1applications per place
- 1.6 km · WokinghamGood20232.4applications per place 95%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WokinghamGood20233.8applications per place
- 2.1 km · ReadingGood20222.0applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 109782 · 870/2008
- Capacity
- 322 pupils · 313 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Exbourne Road, Whitley Wood, Reading, RG2 8RH
- Local authority
- Reading
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources