The Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Reading
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.707 miles
Published by Reading Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
The Hill Primary School is a primary school in Reading for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 November 2023. Reading has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
The Hill 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 | 0.707 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.755 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.943 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.914 mi |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.707 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 77 first-choice applications for 60 offers; all 60 went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- 3.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Reading.
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
- Peppard Road, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8TU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Reading
- Pupils on roll
- 410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s motto, ‘Growing good people’, is at the heart of everything the school does.”
- “Pupils benefit from learning and playing in stimulating environments, including the nature area and outdoor classroom.”
- “From the minute they join the school, children flourish here.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, pupils recognise that their peers may struggle to uphold the school’s high standards.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the school has not yet completed its curriculum thinking fully.”
- “However, this is not yet embedded across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 December 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) | 64% | 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: 77 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Emmer Green Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Micklands Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Caversham Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Caversham Park Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Martin's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thameside Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- E P Collier Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published