Downsway Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Reading, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.328 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Downsway Primary School is a primary school in Reading, West Berkshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2023. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Downsway 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 | 0.328 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 47 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 18 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.328 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.78 miles).
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 23.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Berkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Berkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Warbreck Drive, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6FE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Downsway are happy, polite and caring towards one another.”
- “Leaders want every pupil to achieve well.”
- “They are also keen to ensure every individual develops the school values, which include curiosity, responsibility and self-belief.”
To improve
- “However, a few pupils have a book that is too hard and that they are finding too difficult to read.”
- “This means they are not learning to read with fluency and enjoyment as quickly as they could.”
- “Occasionally, teachers leave it too long before moving pupils on to new learning, particularly in mathematics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 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) | 61% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 West Berkshire.
- Westwood Farm Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Westwood Farm Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Long Lane Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Purley CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birch Copse Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pangbourne Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published