Francis Baily Primary School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Thatcham, RG19 4GG
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Bucklebury C.E. Primary School
Blacklands Road, Upper Bucklebury, Reading, RG7 6QP
Local ranking17th of 63 primary schools in West Berkshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
126
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 October 2024 — 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
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 53.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 47.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 15
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 105
- Boys
- 54 (51%)
- Girls
- 51 (49%)
- Capacity
- 126 (83% full)
- SEND
- 20.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.2%
- EAL
- 4.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 16.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,788/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.6%
- White Other: 7.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
88.6%
White British
7.6%
White Other
1.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Blacklands Road
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 109955
- UKPRN
- 10071344
- Establishment No.
- 3014
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