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Civitas Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
90a Great Knollys Street, Reading RG1 7HL · civitasacademy.co.uk · 0118 467 6720
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 84%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Reading 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 374
- 89% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Reading
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 16.6%
- First language not English
- 73.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Reach2 Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 100% 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 | 60 | 41 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 37 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 29 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 34 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 20% 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 | |||
| ▲84% | 62% | ||
| ▲20% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▲108 | 105 | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Civitas Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (72 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 72
- 18% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied