Hillside Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Reading, RG6 4HQ
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Hillside Primary School
Rushey Way, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 4HQ
Primary
Phase
472
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 March 2025 and continues as Hillside Primary School (URN 149957) (opened 1 April 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 72.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 17.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 446
- Boys
- 231 (52%)
- Girls
- 215 (48%)
- Capacity
- 472 (94% full)
- SEND
- 15.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.4%
- EAL
- 33.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 12.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,292/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.6% 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: 44.1%
- Asian Indian: 9.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.8%
- White Other: 6.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 5.9%
- Asian Chinese: 5.9%
- Asian Other: 4.1%
- Other: 3.9%
44.1%
White British
9.9%
Asian Indian
6.8%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Rushey Way
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 109930
- UKPRN
- 10068948
- Establishment No.
- 2238
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