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Good
Maintained school
The Ridgeway Primary School
Nursery
Primary
Hillbrow, Reading, RG28JD
011 8937 5530


School Profile

GENDER
Mixed
AGE
3 - 11
PUPILS
443

The Ridgeway Primary School is a Maintained school (Community school). The school consists of mixed pupils aged between 3 and 11 and has a capacity of 600. The school was last rated as Good by Ofsted on 06 Jun 2019.


PUPIL MIX
230 boys and 213 girls
PUPILS PER TEACHER
21.8
ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS
28.5%
ENGLISH NOT FIRST LANGUAGE
27.5%
PERSISTENT ABSENCE
14.6%
PUPIL DIVERSITY MIX
School census date: 16 Jan 2020

SPECIAL CLASSES
No
SEN SUPPORT
23%
EHC PLAN
2.5%


School Performance


Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School
54%
Local Authority
63%
England
65%


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

School
4%
Local Authority
10%
England
11%


Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average
Writing
Average
Maths
Below Average


Key Stage 2 Scaled Scores

Average Score School Local Authority England
Reading 100 104 104
Maths 102 105 105




School Inspections


Inspectorate

The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)

Inspection reports

Ofsted Website  

Latest inspection rating

Latest inspection date

06 Jun 2019

Latest inspection summary:


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




School Admissions


Demand for primary school places
Moderate

Applications and Offers  
Total preferred applications 126
Of which first preference applications 38
Of which second preference applications 45
Of which third preference applications 25
Total offers made 58
Of which first preference offers 38
Of which second preference offers 17
Of which third preference offers 2




School Neighbourhood


PUBLIC TRANSPORT
8
GREEN SPACE
3
ENVIRONMENT
3
SAFETY
4
PROPERTY
£305,000 Median house price as at September 2020


DIVERSITY MIX


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