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Coley Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Wolseley Street, Reading RG1 6AZ · coleyprimary.reading.sch.uk · 0118 937 5461
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Reading 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 250
- 93% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Reading
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- First language not English
- 60.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 97% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 90% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 68% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 39 | 1.3▲ | 69% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Reading it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 31 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Coley Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 30 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 18
- 7% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 72% who had a child bullied