Hillside Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Reading, Wokingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Hillside Primary School is a primary school in Reading, Wokingham for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Hillside 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 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 0.813 mi |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 1.872 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as was also the case at 19 of the 21 other Wokingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places did run out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 5 earlier Reception years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 46 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 13 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 14 of the 125 Reception 2026 applications (11%) came from families living outside Wokingham, and 4 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wokingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rushey Way, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 4HQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 450 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 46 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 Wokingham.
- Whiteknights Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Radstock Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aldryngton Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Loddon Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shinfield Infant and Nursery School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Alder Grove Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published