South Lake Primary School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B70
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Reading, RG5 3NA
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Highwood Primary School
Fairwater Drive, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3JE
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
330
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues from Highwood Primary School (URN 131689) since 31 March 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
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
- Capacity
- 330 (0% 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
- £2,906/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
- Academy converter
- 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
- 149998
- UKPRN
- 10093000
- Establishment No.
- 2246
- Trust
- ORCHARD LEARNING ALLIANCE
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