Highwood Primary School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Highwood Primary School, inspected in December 2021.

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 2025–26 Highwood Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

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, 5.8% of pupils at Highwood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 10 pupils.

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.

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Highwood Primary School is part of Orchard Learning Alliance, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• South Lake Primary School Reading
• Willow Bank Infant School Reading
• Willow Bank Junior School Reading
• Hawkedon Primary School Reading
• Waingels Reading
• Radstock Primary School Reading
• Hillside Primary School Reading
• Churchend Primary Academy Reading
• Lambs Lane Primary School Reading

What is Highwood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Highwood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2021 of its predecessor, Highwood Primary School.

When was Highwood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Highwood Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Highwood Primary School have?

Highwood Primary School has 429 pupils on roll.

What age range does Highwood Primary School cover?

Highwood Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Highwood Primary School?

Highwood Primary School is at Fairwater Drive, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3JE.