The Ridgeway Primary School

Type	Primary / Community school
Age Range	3-11
Religion	Does not apply
Address	Hillbrow Reading Berkshire RG2 8JD
Phone	01189375530
Reference Number	109789

General Makeup

Number of pupils	410
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 47.07% Girls: 52.93%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	36.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	26.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes	25.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher	23.4
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher	27

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
1	29	24	53
2	25	32	57
3	25	35	60
4	24	30	54
5	37	36	73
6	28	29	57

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	41.2%
African	10%
White & Black (Caribbean)	8.5%
White, Other	7.8%
Pakistani	5.9%
Indian	4.6%
Mixed, Other	2.9%
White & Asian	2.7%
White & Black (African)	2.7%
Asian, Other	2%
Chinese	1.7%
Unclassified	1%
Caribbean	1%

Overall Ofsted Rating	As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date	2025-01-31

Date	Description	Report
2025-01-07	School inspection	School inspection
2019-06-05	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2017-03-07	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2013-01-24	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2011-02-09	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2008-04-29	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2004-05-04	Full inspection	Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths	School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard	45%	Unlock	Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard	5%	Unlock	Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject	School	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Reading	104	Unlock	Unlock
Maths	102	Unlock	Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric	School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Reading	-0.2	Unlock	Unlock
Writing	-2.8	Unlock	Unlock
Maths	-1.3	Unlock	Unlock

How many students meet the standards

Note: Exam results were not published in 2020, 2021 or 2022 due to the pandemic.

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Average Scaled Score

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Note: Exam results were not published in 2020, 2021 or 2022 due to the pandemic.

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Progress Scores

Note: Exam results were not published in 2020, 2021 or 2022 due to the pandemic.

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

	Number of Applications	Number of Offers
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Second Preference	32	3
Third Preference	18	0
From another Local Authority	6	2

Previous Years

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Name	Distance
Blagdon Nursery School Blagdon Road, Reading, RG2 7NT	0.34 miles
Whiteknights Primary School Fairlawn Green, Shinfield Rise, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8EP	0.39 miles
Christ The King Catholic Primary School Lulworth Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8LX	0.58 miles
Hillside Primary School Rushey Way, Lower Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 4HQ	0.58 miles
Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School Brixham Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7RB	0.66 miles
Geoffrey Field Junior School Exbourne Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8RH	0.67 miles
Geoffrey Field Infant School Exbourne Road, Whitley Wood, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8RH	0.67 miles
Radstock Primary School Radstock Lane, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 5UZ	0.98 miles
The Palmer Primary Academy 70 Northumberland Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7PP	1.04 miles
Aldryngton Primary School Off Silverdale Road, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7HR	1.26 miles
Redlands Primary School Lydford Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5QH	1.28 miles
New Christ Church Church of England Primary School Milman Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 0AY	1.3 miles
Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School Church Road, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1EY	1.45 miles
Alfred Sutton Primary School 148 Wokingham Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1JR	1.52 miles
Trinity Christian School 62 London Road, Reading, RG1 5AS	1.63 miles
Alder Grove Church of England Primary School Alder Grove, Shinfield, Berkshire, RG2 9RA	1.66 miles
Shinfield Infant and Nursery School School Green, Shinfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9EH	1.7 miles
Katesgrove Primary School Dorothy Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 2NL	1.71 miles
Loddon Primary School Silverdale Road, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7LR	1.77 miles
Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School Chestnut Crescent, Shinfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9EJ	1.81 miles

Name	Distance
Leighton Park School Shinfield Road, Reading, RG2 7ED	0.25 miles
Crosfields School Shinfield Road, Reading, RG2 9BL	0.41 miles
John Madejski Academy 125 Hartland Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8AF	0.53 miles
Reading Girls' School Northumberland Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7PY	0.69 miles
OneSchool Global Reading Senior Campus	0.98 miles
Hamilton School 135 Bulmershe Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5SG	1.06 miles
St Joseph's College	1.23 miles
Maiden Erlegh School Silverdale Rd, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7HS	1.32 miles
Reading School Erleigh Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5LW	1.39 miles
UTC Reading Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5RQ	1.41 miles
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading 81 Crescent Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5SL	1.42 miles
The Abbey School Reading 17 Kendrick Road, Reading, RG1 5DZ	1.48 miles
Kendrick School London Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5BN	1.67 miles
The Deenway Montessori School 3-5 Sidmouth Street, Reading, RG1 4QZ	1.75 miles
Red Balloon Learner Centre Reading 220-222 Kings Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 4JJ	1.76 miles
The Vine Christian School Mitford Close, Basingstoke Road, Three Mile Cross, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 1HF	1.81 miles
Oakbank Hyde End Lane, Ryeish Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 1ER	1.82 miles
Addington School Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3EU	2.23 miles
The Bulmershe School Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3EU	2.31 miles
The WREN School 61-63 Bath Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 2BB	2.45 miles

The Ridgeway Primary School

General Makeup

Class Sizes

Year Groups

Ethnicities

How many students meet the standards

Average Scaled Score

Progress Scores

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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2024 Admissions

Previous Years

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