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Ranikhet Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Spey Road, Tilehurst, Reading RG30 4ED · ranikhetacademy.co.uk · 0118 937 5520
On the mapSearch near RG30 4ED
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 50%
- 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
- 205
- 87% of 236 places
- Local authority
- Reading
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 51.1%
- First language not English
- 43.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Reach2 Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 30 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 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 24 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 15 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% 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 | |||
| ▼50% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109939)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ranikhet Academy on 28 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 28 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109939), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective - Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
- Sept 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
- Apr 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Dec 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109939)
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 2 January 2022).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 15
- 7% · 2 Jan 2022
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied