Redlands Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Reading
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Reading Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Redlands Primary School is a primary school in Reading for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 July 2025. Reading has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Redlands 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | 0.834 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.242 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.301 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 3 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 21 offers (0.9 first choices per offer, 5th lowest of 38 Reading primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Reading.
- At the higher standard in reading, writing and maths, the 2024/25 figure was 11% (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
- Lydford Road, Reading, RG1 5QH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Reading
- Pupils on roll
- 196 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at Redlands Primary School.”
- “The school’s values of kindness, respect, determination, responsibility, integrity and equality are extensively promoted.”
- “Pupils are expected to live out these values and are supported to do so.”
To improve
- “What pupils remember over time is not checked as carefully, or revisited systematically, in the wider curriculum.”
- “This means that pupils do not always deepen their understanding as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2025 (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) | 50% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 18 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.
- Alfred Sutton Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- New Town Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Palmer Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- New Christ Church Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Katesgrove Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Ridgeway Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coley Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published