Calcot Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Reading, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.644 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Calcot Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Reading, West Berkshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Calcot Infant School and Nursery 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 | 2.644 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.644 miles away, 28th shortest of 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 2.78 miles).
- There were 37 first-choice applications for 39 Reception offers in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 64 applications for Reception 2026, 10 (16%) came from families living outside West Berkshire, and 6 offers went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility is 16.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 12.5% 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
- Curtis Road, Calcot, Reading, RG31 4XG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 217 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “Calcot Infant and Nursery is a nurturing and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils say they enjoy attending.”
- “A typical view was, ‘School is fun.”
To improve
- “However, due to the impact of COVID-19, leaders need additional time to refine further some aspects of curriculum planning in subjects other than mathematics and English.”
- “They have introduced a new way of teaching pupils, though are yet to evaluate the full impact on learning.”
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 37 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.
- Calcot Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birch Copse Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Kennet Valley Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Theale C.E. Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Downsway Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published