Micklands Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Reading
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.449 miles
Published by Reading Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Micklands Primary School is a primary school in Reading for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Reading has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Micklands 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 | 1.449 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- 26.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Reading.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.449 miles, the 6th longest of 16 Reading primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.01 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 30 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; every applicant was offered one in 3 of the 4 published years.
- 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Micklands Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6LU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Reading
- Pupils on roll
- 293 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at this nurturing school.”
- “The school’s ‘respect rainbow’ helps pupils to develop kindness and consideration towards each other from the beginning of their time in the early years.”
- “Pupils know what bullying and cyber-bullying are, and how to get help if issues arise.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, staff do not support pupils’ learning as effectively.”
- “This is most evident in the writing curriculum, where some pupils are not achieving as well as they could by the end of key stage 2.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 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) | 43% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 25 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.
- The Hill Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Caversham Park Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Martin's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Emmer Green Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Caversham Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Thameside Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- New Town Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published