Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School
Primary schoolWhitley Park Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Reading, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 511 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 2 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- 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, 53% of pupils at Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Reading and 62% in England.
4% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Reading | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 105 | 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- Blagdon Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, May 2024530 m
- Hartland High SchoolSecondary. Inadequate (overall), October 2023, before the school changed, serious weaknesses. Attainment 8 of 37.8 (2025/26, provisional)640 m
- Reading Girls' SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), November 2021. Attainment 8 of 52.2 (2025/26, provisional)710 m
- OneSchool Global Reading Senior CampusIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file750 m
- Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- Geoffrey Field Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Reading
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).