Highwood Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Reading, RG5 3JE
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Highwood Primary School
Fairwater Drive, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3JE
Primary
Phase
472
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 March 2025 and continues as Highwood Primary School (URN 149998) (opened 1 April 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 69.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 15.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 62
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 455
- Boys
- 252 (55%)
- Girls
- 203 (45%)
- Capacity
- 472 (96% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.6%
- EAL
- 44.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.5%
- SEN Support
- 11.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,298/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.3% 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: 44.0%
- Asian Indian: 16.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 13.4%
- White Other: 5.5%
- Black African: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
44.0%
White British
16.7%
Asian Indian
13.4%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Fairwater Drive
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 131689
- UKPRN
- 10076701
- Establishment No.
- 2246
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Ofsted: Strong
Score
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- Phase
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Ofsted: Requires improvement
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