New Town Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Reading
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Reading Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
New Town Primary School is a primary school in Reading for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Reading has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
New Town 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 21 of the 37 other Reading primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
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
- School Terrace, Reading, RG1 3LS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Reading
- Pupils on roll
- 410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their extremely inclusive school.”
- “The diversity of the school’s population is celebrated and pupils broaden their horizons each day as they hear about different cultures and faiths.”
- “The many pupils and their families who speak English as an additional language are warmly welcomed and supported well.”
To improve
- “However, they do not consistently benefit from work and explanations which help them to build their knowledge of other aspects of writing.”
- “Therefore, pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 2025 (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: 35 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 35 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.
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Redlands Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alfred Sutton Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thameside Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Katesgrove Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Micklands Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- New Christ Church Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published