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Requires improvement
Maintained school
Highwood Primary School
Nursery
Primary
Fairwater Drive Woodley, Reading, RG53JE
011 8926 5493


School Profile

GENDER
Mixed
AGE
3 - 11
PUPILS
355

Highwood Primary School is a Maintained school (Community school). The school consists of mixed pupils aged between 3 and 11 and has a capacity of 330. The school was last rated as Requires improvement by Ofsted on 15 Mar 2018.


PUPIL MIX
183 boys and 172 girls
PUPILS PER TEACHER
17.7
ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS
18%
ENGLISH NOT FIRST LANGUAGE
50.1%
PERSISTENT ABSENCE
5.8%
PUPIL DIVERSITY MIX
School census date: 16 Jan 2020

SPECIAL CLASSES
Yes
SEN SUPPORT
10.1%
EHC PLAN
5.1%
SEN PROVISIONS:
  • SLCN - Speech, language and Communication


School Performance


Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School
62%
Local Authority
74%
England
65%


Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School
21%
Local Authority
14%
England
11%


Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average
Writing
Average
Maths
Average


Key Stage 2 Scaled Scores

Average Score School Local Authority England
Reading 104 107 104
Maths 107 107 105




School Inspections


Inspectorate

The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)

Inspection reports

Ofsted Website  

Latest inspection rating

Latest inspection date

15 Mar 2018

Latest inspection summary:


Category Assessment
Quality of education No Judgement
Behaviour and attitudes No Judgement
Personal development No Judgement
Leadership and management Requires improvement
Safeguarding is effective Yes
Early years provision Good




School Admissions


Demand for primary school places
Moderate

Applications and Offers  
Total preferred applications 111
Of which first preference applications 40
Of which second preference applications 33
Of which third preference applications 25
Total offers made 59
Of which first preference offers 40
Of which second preference offers 7
Of which third preference offers 5




School Neighbourhood


PUBLIC TRANSPORT
7
GREEN SPACE
6
ENVIRONMENT
6
SAFETY
9
PROPERTY
£330,000 Median house price as at September 2020


DIVERSITY MIX


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