Oxford Road Community School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Reading
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.181 miles
Published by Reading Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
Oxford Road Community School is a primary school in Reading for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Reading has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Oxford Road Community 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 | 0.181 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.135 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.230 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.184 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.142 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.221 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 32.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Reading.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.181 miles, the shortest of 16 Reading primary schools with a published last distance, where the middle figure was 1.01 miles.
- In 2026 there were 38 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 86% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% 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
- 146 Oxford Road, Reading, RG1 7PJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Reading
- Pupils on roll
- 244 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy at this school.”
- “They behave well in the playground as well as in their classrooms.”
- “Pupils listen to their teachers well, work hard and try their best.”
To improve
- “However, there is, at times, too much content in the curriculum.”
- “The school has yet to narrow down and identify the most important knowledge for pupils to remember.”
- “This means that, in some subjects in the wider curriculum, teachers are not sure what to focus on to check that pupils have remembered key knowledge in the long term.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 December 2024 (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) | 86% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Civitas Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Aided Infant School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints Junior School 0.3 mi Not judged
- Battle Primary Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coley Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- E P Collier Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Wilson Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Katesgrove Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published