Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in West Berkshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry27 applications · 11 places offered · 10 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2025 2.3; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2024 2.2; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2023 2.4; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2022 2.1; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2021 2.3; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2020 2.1; West Berkshire median median 2.0
- 2019 1.8; West Berkshire median median 2.0
- 2018 2.4; West Berkshire median median 2.2
- 2017 2.0; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2016 2.5; West Berkshire median median 2.3
- 2015 3.9; West Berkshire median median 2.2
- 2014 3.1; West Berkshire median median 2.2
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 6 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 49 | 2.2 | 19 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 4 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2022 | 21 | 44 | 2.1 | 18 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2021 | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 12 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2020 | 13 | 27 | 2.1 | 11 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 23 | 42 | 1.8 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 16 | 38 | 2.4 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 19 | 38 | 2.0 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 19 | 47 | 2.5 | 20 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2015 | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 17 | 0.94 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 80% · Maths 73% → all three 53% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- West Berkshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 53% | 0% | 103 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 0% | 108 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 58% | 0% | 105 | 101 |
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
- Bucklebury C.E. Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · West Berkshire20261.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · West BerkshireGood20241.7applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · West Berkshire20262.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · West BerkshireGood20221.7applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · West BerkshireGood20221.6applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20242.6applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · West BerkshireSome aspects not as strong20242.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20242.4applications per place
- 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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 109955 · 869/3014
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 126 pupils · 99 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Blacklands Road, Upper Bucklebury, Blacklands Road, Reading, RG7 6QP
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources