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Best primary schools in Reading

37 of 42 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Reading schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 24 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 All Saints Junior School Reading 100.0% Not judged — approximate
2 Oxford Road Community School Reading 86.0% Good oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Civitas Academy Reading hidden gem 84.0% Good undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Alfred Sutton Primary School Reading 83.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 The Heights Primary School Reading 79.0% Outstanding oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Moorlands Primary School Reading 77.0% Good oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Caversham Primary School Reading 76.0% Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 St Martin's Catholic Primary School Reading 74.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Caversham Park Primary School Reading hidden gem 72.0% Good undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 E P Collier Primary School Reading hidden gem 72.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Emmer Green Primary School Reading 69.0% Not judged improving about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Battle Primary Academy Reading 68.0% Not judged improving oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Churchend Primary Academy Reading hidden gem 68.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 Manor Primary School Reading hidden gem 68.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Park Lane Primary School Reading hidden gem 68.0% Good undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Coley Primary School Reading 67.0% Good improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 St Mary & All Saints Church of England Primary School Reading 66.0% Not judged about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 The Palmer Primary Academy Reading 66.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Wilson Primary School Reading 66.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School Reading hidden gem 65.0% Good improving about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Katesgrove Primary School Reading 64.0% Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
22 The Hill Primary School Reading 64.0% Good oversubscribed 1.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 St Anne's Catholic Primary School Reading 63.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 New Town Primary School Reading 61.0% Not judged about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 St John's Church of England Primary School Reading 58.0% Good improving about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Christ The King Catholic Primary School Reading 57.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Geoffrey Field Junior School Reading 56.0% Good — mapped
28 New Christ Church Church of England Primary School Reading 54.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 The Ridgeway Primary School Reading 54.0% Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
30 Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School Reading 53.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 Ranikhet Academy Reading 50.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Redlands Primary School Reading 50.0% Not judged declining about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
33 Thameside Primary School Reading hidden gem 49.0% Good improving about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
34 Meadow Park Academy Reading hidden gem 47.0% Good improving about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Micklands Primary School Reading 43.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
36 St Michael's Primary School Reading hidden gem 38.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
37 Southcote Primary School Reading 31.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in Reading

5 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Reading, not a fairer one.

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