Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Thatcham, RG18 9PT
- Distance
- 0.8km away
St Finian's Catholic Primary School
The Ridge, Cold Ash, Thatcham, RG18 9HU
Local ranking4th of 62 primary schools in West Berkshire
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
218
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 19 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 71.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 31
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 206
- Boys
- 88 (43%)
- Girls
- 116 (57%)
- Capacity
- 218 (94% full)
- SEND
- 18.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 3.4%
- EAL
- 9.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.4%
- SEN Support
- 13.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,680/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 2.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 76.5%
- White Other: 10.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Black African: 2.0%
- White Irish: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
76.5%
White British
10.3%
White Other
2.5%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
The Ridge
Thatcham, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 110037
- UKPRN
- 10070229
- Establishment No.
- 3358
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