Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School

Voluntary controlled school·Infant school Reading, West Berkshire·RG7 3RD

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

39 first choices, 43 places

First choices per place

0.91

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 43 places

Applications from another council area

20%

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8820220.9320230.8420240.8620250.912026

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

Every child who put Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 165
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

8.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

4.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

12.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.8

Typical primary: 20.7

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

Nearby primary schools

Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior School Reading · 0.6 mi 43.6 Garland Junior School Reading · 1.8 mi 42.1 Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet School Reading · 2.6 mi 73.4 Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School Reading · 2.6 mi 36.0 Aldermaston C.E. Primary School Reading · 4.1 mi 31.2 Theale C.E. Primary School Reading · 4.4 mi 92.8 Kennet Valley Primary School Reading · 4.5 mi 46.4 Calcot Junior School Reading · 4.7 mi 37.8

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School is a primary school serving Reading, West Berkshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 165 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll.

Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 16.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant 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.