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Rivermead Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Loddon Bridge Road, Woodley, Reading RG5 4BS · rivermead.wokingham.sch.uk · 0118 954 0770
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wokingham 71%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Wokingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 429
- 9 over 420 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 5.8%
- First language not English
- 15.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Wokingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 47 families put the school first and 54 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 | 54 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 68 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 55 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Wokingham it was 71%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109894)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Rivermead Primary School on 10 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 10 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (119 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Positive
- 93%
- Replies
- 119
- 28% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on 15 parents (13%) whose child was bullied
based on 36 parents (30%) with SEND