Francis Baily Primary School
Primary schoolFrancis Baily Primary School is a primary school in West Berkshire, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 491 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 19 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 58% of pupils at Francis Baily Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in West Berkshire and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | West Berkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Kennet SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 48.0 (2025/26, provisional)250 m
- Spurcroft Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- The Grange SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file980 m
- Thatcham Park CofE PrimaryPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Whitelands Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Bucklebury C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in West Berkshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).