St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B72
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Reading, RG31 4SZ
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Birch Copse Primary School
Wittenham Avenue, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 5LN
Local ranking3rd of 63 primary schools in West Berkshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 72.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 20.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 416
- Boys
- 239 (57%)
- Girls
- 177 (43%)
- Capacity
- 420 (99% full)
- SEND
- 7.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 7.7%
- EAL
- 9.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 6.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,276/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 4.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 69.6%
- Asian Indian: 5.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.6%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Asian Chinese: 1.9%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.7%
69.6%
White British
5.8%
Asian Indian
5.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wittenham Avenue
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 109844
- UKPRN
- 10068961
- Establishment No.
- 2110
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