Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Reading, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.66 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School is a primary school in Reading, West Berkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Burghfield St Mary's C.E. 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 | 1.66 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a 2026 Reception place lived 1.66 miles away, the 21st shortest of 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.78 miles).
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception there were 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, so 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The school has 23.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.9 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
- Theale Road, Burghfield Village, Reading, RG30 3TX
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this caring and kind community school.”
- “Leaders have established a caring ethos, where high expectations are set for both pupils’ academic development and their personal growth.”
- “As a result, pupils have a positive attitude towards their learning and achieve well.”
To improve
- “In a small minority of subjects, the work given to pupils does not support them as well to achieve the ambitious end points set out in the curriculum.”
- “The school's range of extra-curricular opportunities for pupils to develop their interests and talents, or take part in competitive sport, has been adversely affected by the pandemic and recent staff turnover.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 September 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) | 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: 39 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.
- Garland Junior School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Mrs Bland's Infant School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Calcot Infant School and Nursery 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Calcot Junior School 2.0 mi School remains Good
- Kennet Valley Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Theale C.E. Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published