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Best primary schools in West Berkshire

54 of 67 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all West Berkshire 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 66 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Bradfield C.E. Primary School Reading 92.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 Enborne C.E. Primary School Newbury hidden gem 92.0% Outstanding improving undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Theale C.E. Primary School Reading 89.0% Not judged improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Yattendon C.E. Primary School Thatcham 80.0% Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery Newbury 77.0% Good oversubscribed 1.48 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 St Paul's Catholic Primary School Reading hidden gem 77.0% Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Birch Copse Primary School Reading 72.0% Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 St Finian's Catholic Primary School Thatcham 71.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Hampstead Norreys C.E. Primary School Thatcham 70.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Englefield C.E. Primary School Reading 69.0% Not judged about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Springfield Primary School Reading 69.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School Newbury 67.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior School Reading 67.0% Good — mapped
14 The Ilsleys Primary School Newbury 67.0% Good about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Kennet Valley Primary School Reading 66.0% Not judged improving about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 The Willows Primary School Newbury hidden gem 66.0% Good undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 Falkland Primary School Newbury 65.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 Hungerford Primary School Hungerford 65.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 Purley CofE Primary School Reading hidden gem 62.0% Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School Thatcham 61.0% Good oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 Downsway Primary School Reading 61.0% Good oversubscribed 1.57 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
22 Hermitage Primary School Thatcham 60.0% Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School Newbury 60.0% Not judged about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet School Reading 59.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Francis Baily Primary School Thatcham 58.0% Requires improvement about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Westwood Farm Junior School Reading 58.0% Good — mapped
27 Whitelands Park Primary School Thatcham 57.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Pangbourne Primary School Reading 56.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
29 Woolhampton C.E. Primary School Reading 56.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
30 Curridge Primary School Thatcham 55.0% Good declining about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 Speenhamland School Newbury 55.0% Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
32 Garland Junior School Reading 54.0% Good — mapped
33 St Nicolas C.E. Junior School Newbury 54.0% Not judged — mapped
34 Stockcross C.E. School Newbury 54.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
35 Bucklebury C.E. Primary School Reading 53.0% Not judged about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
36 Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery Newbury 53.0% Good oversubscribed 1.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
37 Calcot Junior School Reading 51.0% Good improving — mapped
38 Thatcham Park CofE Primary Thatcham hidden gem 51.0% Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
39 The Winchcombe School Newbury hidden gem 51.0% Good undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
40 Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School Reading 50.0% Good oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
41 Spurcroft Primary School Thatcham 49.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
42 Aldermaston C.E. Primary School Reading hidden gem 48.0% Good undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
43 Chieveley Primary School Newbury 48.0% Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
44 Lambourn CofE Primary School Hungerford 48.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
45 Inkpen Primary School Hungerford 47.0% Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
46 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Newbury 45.0% Good about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
47 Parsons Down Junior School Thatcham 39.0% Good — mapped
48 Long Lane Primary School Reading hidden gem 38.0% Good undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
49 Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary School Newbury 36.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
50 Shefford C.E. Primary School Hungerford 33.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
51 Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School Newbury 30.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
52 Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School Hungerford 26.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
53 Brimpton C.E. Primary School Reading 20.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
54 Beenham Primary School Reading hidden gem 0.0% Good undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in West Berkshire

13 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 West Berkshire, not a fairer one.

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