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Hillside Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Rushey Way, Lower Earley, Reading RG6 4HQ · hillside.wokingham.sch.uk · 0118 975 5771
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 450
- 93% of 482 places
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.4%
- First language not English
- 33.8%
- 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, 46 families put the school first and 59 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 | 59 | 46 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 61 | 56 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 39 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 50 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% 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 | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109930)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 November 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Hillside Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Nov 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109930)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109930), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109930)
Jul 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109930)
Dec 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109930)