Waltham St Lawrence Primary SchoolThe Colleton Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Waltham St Lawrence Primary School and The Colleton Primary School are primary schools in Reading.

  • Waltham St Lawrence Primary School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Colleton Primary School scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Waltham St Lawrence Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Waltham St Lawrence Primary School was judged Outstanding and The Colleton 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 81.0% for Waltham St Lawrence Primary School and 52.0% for The Colleton Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Waltham St Lawrence Primary School (56.0% in 2022-23, 81.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at The Colleton Primary School (57.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Waltham St Lawrence Primary School versus The Colleton Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ReadingWaltham St Lawrence Primary SchoolReadingThe Colleton Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC68/100Stronger figureD54/100
Local ranking8th of 46 in Windsor and Maidenhead 27th of 46 in Wokingham
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll150 268
Capacity154 420
LocationReading, RG10 0NU Reading, RG10 0AX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard81.0% Stronger figure52.0% 62.0%
At higher standard5.0% Stronger figure2.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census150 268
Free school meals (ever 6)6.7% 10.1%
English as an additional language2.7% 12.3%
SEN support15.3% 12.7%
SEN with an EHC plan2.0% 6.3%
Attendance
Overall absence4.2% Stronger figure4.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence7.7% Stronger figure9.5% 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.

Waltham St Lawrence Primary School

The Colleton Primary School

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