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Downsway Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 213Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 109896URN

Warbreck Drive, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6FE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodFeb 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2023
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.3per place
1.2 above West Berkshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Berkshire

99 applications for 30 places · 1st of 36 in West Berkshire
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
61%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodFeb 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2023

Inspection history

  1. 26 April 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 27 February 2013
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.3applications per place, Reception
1.2 above West Berkshire median (2.1) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

99 applications · 30 places offered · 47 named it first

  1. 2026 3.3; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 3.1; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 3.4; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 3.3; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 3.2; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 3.5; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 3.4; West Berkshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 3.4; West Berkshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 3.7; West Berkshire median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.9; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 3.8; West Berkshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 3.6; West Berkshire median median 2.2
  13. 2014 2.7; West Berkshire median median 2.2
More applications per place than the West Berkshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • West Berkshire 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630993.3471.57
Sep 202530933.1301.00
Sep 202429983.4270.93
Sep 202330993.3381.27
Sep 202229923.2331.14
Sep 2021301063.5421.40
Sep 2020301023.4461.53
Sep 2019301013.4341.13
Sep 2018301123.7321.07
Sep 201729832.9270.93
Sep 2016301143.8341.13
Sep 2015301083.6441.47
Sep 201430812.7331.10

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 73% · Maths 73% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard61%20th of 52 in West Berkshire
Reading
Expected standard67%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth6%
Maths
Expected standard73%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • West Berkshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2561%3%104105
2023/2470%7%107106
2022/2371%6%106106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
109896 · 869/2174
Capacity
216 pupils · 213 on roll
Free school meals
6.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Warbreck Drive, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6FE
Local authority
West Berkshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources