Caversham Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Reading
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.658 miles
Published by Reading Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
Caversham Primary School is a primary school in Reading for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Reading has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Caversham Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.658 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.835 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.218 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.472 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.998 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.874 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.658 miles away, the 7th shortest of 16 Reading primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.01 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 58 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Reading schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hemdean Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7RA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Reading
- Pupils on roll
- 414 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of the Caversham community.”
- “They are resilient and determined to do their best.”
- “Pupils respect each other and their teachers.”
To improve
- “Governance is on a journey of improvement.”
- “The evident rigour around safeguarding is spreading into other areas of the governing body’s work, but there is more to do.”
- “Priorities for improvement are identified more precisely for some aspects of the school’s work than for others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 76% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Reading.
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thameside Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Hill Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Emmer Green Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- E P Collier Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Heights Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Micklands Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Civitas Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published