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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 8 November 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as Hillside Primary School, URN 109930
- 8 July 2014Graded inspection: Good · as Hillside Primary School, URN 109930
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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 entry125 applications · 59 places offered · 46 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Wokingham median median 2.6
- 2025 2.4; Wokingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2024 3.2; Wokingham median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2023 2.6; Wokingham median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2022 2.8; Wokingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.7; Wokingham median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2020 2.6; Wokingham median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; Wokingham median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 2.4; Wokingham median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2017 2.8; Wokingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2016 3.3; Wokingham median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 2.9; Wokingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.6; Wokingham median median 2.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Wokingham median
Dashed bars: as Hillside Primary School (URN 109930), the previous school.
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 | 59 | 125 | 2.1 | 46 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2025 * | 61 | 147 | 2.4 | 56 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 * | 39 | 123 | 3.2 | 36 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 * | 60 | 155 | 2.6 | 50 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 * | 60 | 165 | 2.8 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 * | 48 | 130 | 2.7 | 42 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 * | 60 | 157 | 2.6 | 53 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 * | 60 | 136 | 2.3 | 51 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2018 * | 59 | 141 | 2.4 | 51 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 169 | 2.8 | 51 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 198 | 3.3 | 69 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 173 | 2.9 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 154 | 2.6 | 61 | 1.02 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hillside Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20232.1applications per place
- 0.6 km · WokinghamGood20232.4applications per place 95%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · ReadingGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · WokinghamGood20223.3applications per place
- 1.5 km · Reading20262.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · ReadingRemains Good202456%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · ReadingGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place
- 1.8 km · WokinghamGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Reading20262.5applications per place 53%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149957 · 872/2238
- Capacity
- 482 pupils · 450 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2025
- Replaced
- Hillside Primary School (URN 109930)
- Address
- Rushey Way, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 4HQ
- Local authority
- Wokingham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources