Caversham Primary SchoolThe Hill Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Caversham Primary School and The Hill Primary School are primary schools in Reading.

  • Caversham Primary School scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and The Hill Primary School scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average). Caversham Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Caversham Primary School was judged Good and The Hill 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 64.0% for The Hill 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 fallen at The Hill Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 64.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Caversham Primary School versus The Hill Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ReadingCaversham Primary SchoolReadingThe Hill Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB71/100Stronger figureC61/100
Local ranking7th of 40 in Reading Stronger figure17th of 40 in Reading
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll406 394
Capacity420 420
LocationReading, RG4 7RA Reading, RG4 8TU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard76.0% Stronger figure64.0% 62.0%
At higher standard12.0% Stronger figure2.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score110.0 Stronger figure106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure105.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census406 394
Free school meals (ever 6)5.2% 4.3%
English as an additional language23.9% 16.2%
SEN support11.1% 12.7%
SEN with an EHC plan1.2% 1.8%
Attendance
Overall absence3.3% Stronger figure3.5% 6.2%
Persistent absence5.4% Stronger figure5.8% 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

The Hill Primary School

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