Westwood Farm Junior SchoolDownsway Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Westwood Farm Junior School and Downsway Primary School are primary schools in Reading.

  • Westwood Farm Junior School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Downsway Primary School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Westwood Farm Junior School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Westwood Farm Junior School was judged Good and Downsway 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 58.0% for Westwood Farm Junior School and 61.0% for Downsway Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Westwood Farm Junior School (58.0% in 2022-23, 58.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Downsway Primary School (71.0% in 2022-23, 61.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Westwood Farm Junior School versus Downsway Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ReadingWestwood Farm Junior SchoolReadingDownsway Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100Stronger figureD52/100
Local ranking27th of 63 in West Berkshire Stronger figure29th of 63 in West Berkshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll243 214
Capacity240 216
LocationReading, RG31 6RY Reading, RG31 6FE
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard58.0% 61.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard12.0% Stronger figure3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 105.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census243 214
Free school meals (ever 6)16.5% 6.1%
English as an additional language13.2% 4.2%
SEN support19.3% 11.2%
SEN with an EHC plan7.0% 4.2%
Attendance
Overall absence5.1% 4.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence11.4% 11.2% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

Westwood Farm Junior School

Downsway Primary School

Full profiles: Westwood Farm Junior School · Downsway Primary School