Hillside Primary School
Reading, RG6 4HQ · Wokingham local authority
Reading’s School Grade A− better than 76% of towns in England
What stands out about Hillside Primary School
- Its own letter, A−: Key Stage 2 results better than 79% of England’s primary schools
- 73% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11 points above England’s schools
- 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, November 2023 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (46 of 46)
- Homes in its postcode sector (RG6 4) sold for a median £401,500; Reading’s is £355,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 73%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 79% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Wokingham avg 69%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 108, maths 108 (100 = the expected standard)
These results were published under the school’s predecessor (URN 109930), before it converted or merged. 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 Hillside Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (1), 2022 (4). 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. Orchard Learning Alliance sets the admissions rules. Apply through Wokingham 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 Wokingham, side by side
2023–2025All 43 graded primaries in Wokingham. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School | A+ | 5% | 93% |
| Whiteknights Primary School | A+ | 17% | 91% |
| Sonning Church of England Primary School | A+ | 5% | 89% |
| Hawkedon Primary School | A+ | 7% | 85% |
| Aldryngton Primary School | A+ | 3% | 84% |
| The Hawthorns Primary School | A | 3% | 78% |
| Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School | A | 2% | 77% |
| Farley Hill Primary School | A | 10% | 76% |
| Evendons Primary School | A− | 3% | 75% |
| South Lake Primary School | A− | 11% | 75% |
| Nine Mile Ride Primary School | A− | 6% | 74% |
| St Teresa's Catholic Academy | A− | 6% | 73% |
| Hillside Primary School | A− | 6% | 73% |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst | A− | 7% | 72% |
| Westende Junior School | A− | 10% | 71% |
| St Paul's CofE Junior School | B+ | 9% | 70% |
| Radstock Primary School | B+ | 5% | 70% |
| Winnersh Primary School | B+ | 9% | 69% |
| Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery | B+ | 8% | 69% |
| Oaklands Junior School | B+ | 5% | 69% |
| Crazies Hill Church of England Primary School | B+ | 6% | 69% |
| Emmbrook Junior School | B+ | 12% | 69% |
| Loddon Primary School | B+ | 7% | 68% |
| Windmill Primary School and Nursery | B+ | 23% | 68% |
| Willow Bank Junior School | B+ | 13% | 68% |
| Rivermead Primary School | B | 6% | 67% |
| Bearwood Primary School | B | 14% | 66% |
| Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School and Nursery | B | 19% | 66% |
| Keep Hatch Primary School | B | 17% | 66% |
| Lambs Lane Primary School | B | 18% | 66% |
| Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School | B | 10% | 65% |
| Woodley CofE Primary School | B− | 14% | 64% |
| Hatch Ride Primary School | B− | 3% | 64% |
| Polehampton Church of England Junior School | B− | 5% | 64% |
| The Piggott School | B− | 7% | 63% |
| Gorse Ride Junior School | B− | 14% | 62% |
| The Coombes Church of England Primary School | B− | 16% | 61% |
| Highwood Primary School | C+ | 17% | 60% |
| The Colleton Primary School | C | 10% | 56% |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | C | 27% | 56% |
| Grazeley Church of England Primary School | C | 11% | 54% |
| Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery | C− | 9% | 53% |
| Beechwood Primary School | C− | 31% | 49% |
Hillside 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.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, November 2023.
Living near Hillside Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in RG6 4, 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 RG6 4 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
18 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Reading, RG6 4HQ
Hillside Primary School: common questions
Is Hillside Primary School a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 79% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A−), with 73% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, November 2023.
How hard is it to get into Hillside Primary School?
For September 2026, 46 families put Hillside Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 59 places were offered in all.
What is Hillside Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2023).
How much do houses cost near Hillside Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, RG6 4, sold for a median £401,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (300 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.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Reading’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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