# Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School

Whitley 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.

Primary school. Code E136512. [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 511
- Council: Reading
- URN: 136512

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Blagdon Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blagdon-nursery-school-e109748): 530 m. Nursery. School remains Outstanding, May 2024
- [Hartland High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hartland-high-school-e151631): 640 m. Secondary. Inadequate (overall), October 2023, before the school changed, serious weaknesses. Attainment 8 of 37.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Reading Girls' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/reading-girls-school-e144610): 710 m. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2021. Attainment 8 of 52.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [OneSchool Global Reading Senior Campus](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oneschool-global-reading-senior-campus-e134467): 750 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Christ The King Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/christ-the-king-catholic-primary-school-e110005): 940 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Geoffrey Field Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/geoffrey-field-junior-school-e109781): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2024. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136512)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/136512)

## How to cite

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