Caversham Primary SchoolSt Anne's Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Reading.

Summary of the comparison

Caversham Primary School and St Anne's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Reading.

  • Caversham Primary School scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St Anne's Catholic Primary School scores 48 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Caversham Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Caversham Primary School was judged Good and St Anne's Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 76.0% for Caversham Primary School and 63.0% for St Anne's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Caversham Primary School (82.0% in 2022-23, 76.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at St Anne's Catholic Primary School (55.0% in 2022-23, 63.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Caversham Primary School versus St Anne's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ReadingCaversham Primary SchoolReadingSt Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB71/100Stronger figureD48/100
Local ranking7th of 40 in Reading Stronger figure29th of 40 in Reading
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll406 160
Capacity420 210
LocationReading, RG4 7RA Reading, RG4 5AA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard76.0% Stronger figure63.0% 62.0%
At higher standard12.0% 21.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score110.0 Stronger figure107.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure107.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census406 160
Free school meals (ever 6)5.2% 25.7%
English as an additional language23.9% 37.5%
SEN support11.1% 13.8%
SEN with an EHC plan1.2% 3.1%
Attendance
Overall absence3.3% Stronger figure4.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence5.4% Stronger figure11.2% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Caversham Primary School

St Anne's Catholic Primary School

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