Civitas Academy

Civitas Academy is performing well as a good school, with a strong focus on fostering a sense of community and inclusive ethos. Pupils exhibit exemplary behavior and are actively engaged in their learning, valuing education highly. The school offers a broad range of extracurricular activities, and parents express satisfaction with the educational provision which promotes diversity and respect. There is a clear emphasis on personal development, with an ambitious curriculum that supports pupils, including those with special educational needs and those for whom English is an additional language.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary behavior and engagement during lessons.
• The school has an extensive extracurricular club offering with high attendance.
• Personal development provision is excellent, particularly in global citizenship.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-sequenced for student learning.
• Effective early phonics teaching fosters a love for reading among pupils.
• Teachers receive strong support and training, enhancing their teaching effectiveness.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment processes for subjects other than English and mathematics are not consistently in place.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Civitas Academy attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.3% of pupils at Civitas Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Civitas Academy had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.0% of pupils at Civitas Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Civitas Academy received £6,443 and spent £6,048 for each of its 400 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £91,000 (£228 per pupil).

Across all 65 schools of Reach2 Academy Trust, income was £7,346 and spending £7,105 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

All schools in Reading · Reading local authority: places and applications

Civitas Academy is part of Reach2 Academy Trust, which runs 65 schools. The nearest others:

• The Palmer Primary Academy Reading
• Ranikhet Academy Reading
• Green Park Village Primary Academy Reading
• Green Ridge Primary Academy Aylesbury
• Summerside Primary Academy London
• Aerodrome Primary Academy Croydon
• Robert Fitzroy Academy Croydon
• St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy London
• Tidemill Academy London
• Desmond Anderson Primary Academy Crawley

What is Civitas Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Civitas Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Civitas Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Civitas Academy was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Civitas Academy have?

Civitas Academy has 374 pupils on roll.

What age range does Civitas Academy cover?

Civitas Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Civitas Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Civitas Academy?

Civitas Academy is at 90a Great Knollys Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7HL.