Southcote Primary School
Reading, RG30 3EJ · Reading local authority
Reading’s School Grade A− better than 76% of towns in England
What stands out about Southcote Primary School
- Its own letter, D: Key Stage 2 results near the bottom of England’s primary schools (better than 7%)
- 42% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 20 points below England’s schools
- Ofsted: Good, March 2023 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (53 of 53)
- Homes in its postcode sector (RG30 3) sold for a median £375,000; Reading’s is £355,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 42%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 7% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Reading avg 61%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 103 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 23 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Southcote Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (1), 2020 (7). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Reading council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Reading council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Reading and Reading, side by side
2023–2025All 37 graded primaries in Reading. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Reading’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Junior School | A+ | 10% | 90% |
| Alfred Sutton Primary School | A | 15% | 82% |
| The Heights Primary School | A | 2% | 80% |
| Caversham Primary School | A | 4% | 76% |
| St Martin's Catholic Primary School | A− | 12% | 75% |
| Redlands Primary School | A− | 15% | 72% |
| Oxford Road Community School | B+ | 34% | 69% |
| Emmer Green Primary School | B+ | 4% | 69% |
| Civitas Academy | B+ | 17% | 68% |
| Park Lane Primary School | B | 18% | 67% |
| Moorlands Primary School | B | 40% | 67% |
| The Hill Primary School | B | 4% | 66% |
| Churchend Primary Academy | B | 17% | 66% |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | B | 20% | 65% |
| E P Collier Primary School | B− | 19% | 64% |
| Katesgrove Primary School | B− | 17% | 63% |
| Caversham Park Primary School | B− | 8% | 62% |
| Coley Primary School | C+ | 22% | 59% |
| Geoffrey Field Junior School | C+ | 35% | 59% |
| Battle Primary Academy | C+ | 27% | 59% |
| Manor Primary School | C+ | 35% | 58% |
| The Palmer Primary Academy | C+ | 32% | 58% |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School | C | 13% | 57% |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | C | 24% | 55% |
| New Town Primary School | C | 19% | 55% |
| Wilson Primary School | C | 15% | 54% |
| Micklands Primary School | C− | 27% | 53% |
| The Ridgeway Primary School | C− | 40% | 52% |
| Thameside Primary School | C− | 19% | 52% |
| St Mary & All Saints Church of England Primary School | C− | 32% | 52% |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary School | C− | 39% | 51% |
| Meadow Park Academy | C− | 37% | 50% |
| New Christ Church Church of England Primary School | C− | 19% | 49% |
| St Michael's Primary School | C− | 34% | 48% |
| Ranikhet Academy | C− | 51% | 48% |
| Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School | D | 36% | 44% |
| Southcote Primary School | D | 18% | 42% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025553 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Southcote Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, March 2023.
Living near Southcote Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in RG30 3, the school’s postcode sector
Reading property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in RG30 3 sell for a little over Reading’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
22 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Reading, RG30 3EJ
Southcote Primary School: common questions
Is Southcote Primary School a good school?
By its published results, well below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 7% of England’s primary schools (its letter is D), with 42% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, March 2023.
How hard is it to get into Southcote Primary School?
For September 2026, 53 families put Southcote Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 55 places were offered in all.
What is Southcote Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2023).
How much do houses cost near Southcote Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, RG30 3, sold for a median £375,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (228 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
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