Beenham Primary School

Community school·Primary school Reading, West Berkshire·RG7 5NN
Composite score
0.0
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#14,798
National rank
#2165
In South East
#55
In West Berkshire
Top 100%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
0%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
97.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
97.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
4 first choices, 6 places
First choices per place
0.67
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
13
any preference, for 6 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.5020240.8320250.672026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Beenham Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
49
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
46.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
35.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
11.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,037
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Beenham Primary School

Beenham Primary School is a primary school in Reading, West Berkshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 49 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 97 in reading and 97 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Beenham Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 4 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 11.5%. There are about 11.7 pupils per teacher. Beenham Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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