Birch Copse Primary School

Type	Primary / Community school
Age Range	4-11
Religion	Does not apply
Address	Wittenham Avenue Tilehurst Reading Berkshire RG31 5LN
Phone	01189427442
Reference Number	109844

General Makeup

Number of pupils	418
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 53.83% Girls: 46.17%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	6.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	10%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes	29.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher	28.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher	30.6

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
1	30	29	59
2	33	27	60
3	32	30	62
4	39	22	61
5	32	29	61
6	29	32	61

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	71.1%
Indian	5.7%
White & Black (Caribbean)	5.5%
White, Other	4.1%
Mixed, Other	3.3%
White & Asian	1.9%
Pakistani	1.4%
Chinese	1.2%
Unclassified	1%
Caribbean	1%
White & Black (African)	0.7%
African	0.7%
Asian, Other	0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating	Outstanding
> Quality of education	Outstanding
> Behaviour & Attitude	Outstanding
> Personal Development	Outstanding
> Leadership & Management	Outstanding
> Early Years Provision	Outstanding
Last Inspection Date	2024-09-11

Date	Description	Report
2024-07-09	School inspection:	School inspection:
2011-11-28	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2010-06-30	Interim assessment	Interim assessment
2007-01-30	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2003-03-03	Full inspection	Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths	School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard	82%	Unlock	Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard	15%	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	106	Unlock	Unlock
Maths	107	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	Unlock	Unlock
Writing	2.5	Unlock	Unlock
Maths	1.9	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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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
First Preference	Unlock	Unlock
Second Preference	55	2
Third Preference	28	0
From another Local Authority	86	27

Previous Years

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Name	Distance
St Paul's Catholic Primary School City Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 4SZ	0.29 miles
Park Lane Primary School School Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5BD	0.32 miles
Springfield Primary School Barton Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5NJ	0.33 miles
Blagrave Nursery School Recreation Road, Reading, RG30 4UA	0.66 miles
Moorlands Primary School Church End Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4UN	0.96 miles
Downsway Primary School Warbreck Drive, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6FE	0.96 miles
Calcot Infant School and Nursery Curtis Road, Calcot, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 4XG	0.99 miles
Calcot Junior School Curtis Road, Calcot, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 4XG	0.99 miles
Meadow Park Academy Norcot Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 6BS	1.04 miles
Churchend Primary Academy Usk Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4HP	1.08 miles
Westwood Farm Junior School Fullbrook Crescent, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6RY	1.16 miles
Westwood Farm Infant School Fullbrook Crescent, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6RY	1.16 miles
St Michael's Primary School Dee Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4AS	1.29 miles
Norcot Early Years Centre 82 Lyndhurst Road, Reading, RG30 6UB	1.35 miles
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School Dee Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BE	1.36 miles
Long Lane Primary School Long Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6YG	1.41 miles
Ranikhet Academy Spey Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4ED	1.45 miles
Kennet Valley Primary School Carters Rise, Calcot, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 7YT	1.61 miles
Purley CofE Primary School Purley Village, Purley-on-Thames, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 8AF	1.72 miles
Manor Primary School 110 Ashampstead Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 3LJ	1.82 miles

Name	Distance
Little Heath School Little Heath Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5TY	0.35 miles
Denefield School Long Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6XY	1.01 miles
The Avenue Special School The Avenue Centre, Conwy Close, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BZ	1.04 miles
Thames Valley School 2 Conwy Close, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BZ	1.04 miles
Brookfields Special School Sage Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6SW	1.12 miles
King's Academy Prospect Cockney Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4EX	1.55 miles
Theale Green School Church Street, Reading, RG7 5DA	2.09 miles
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School Fawley Road, Southcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 3EP	2.2 miles
The WREN School 61-63 Bath Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 2BB	2.31 miles
Pangbourne College	2.84 miles
The Mile House Therapeutic School Bath Road, Sulhamstead, Reading, RG7 5HJ	3.26 miles
Bradfield College	3.53 miles
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LR	3.66 miles
Queen Anne's School 6 Henley Road, Reading, RG4 6DX	3.67 miles
Kendrick School London Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5BN	3.75 miles
The Deenway Montessori School 3-5 Sidmouth Street, Reading, RG1 4QZ	3.77 miles
OneSchool Global Reading Senior Campus	3.78 miles
The Abbey School Reading 17 Kendrick Road, Reading, RG1 5DZ	3.86 miles
Red Balloon Learner Centre Reading 220-222 Kings Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 4JJ	4.03 miles
Hamilton School 135 Bulmershe Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5SG	4.11 miles

Birch Copse 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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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)