Whiteknights Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B81
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Reading, RG2 8EP
- Distance
- 0.6km away
The Ridgeway Primary School
Hillbrow, Reading, RG2 8JD
Local ranking31st of 40 primary schools in Reading
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
536
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 54.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 66.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 74
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 405
- Boys
- 195 (48%)
- Girls
- 210 (52%)
- Capacity
- 536 (76% full)
- SEND
- 24.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.3%
- EAL
- 25.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 21.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,136/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 42.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 9.0%
- Black African: 8.5%
- White Other: 7.7%
- Other: 6.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.7%
- Asian Indian: 4.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.0%
42.5%
White British
9.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
8.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hillbrow
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 109789
- UKPRN
- 10068909
- Establishment No.
- 2020
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