Hillside Primary School
Performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
School profile
- Age range
- 2–11
- Pupils on roll
- 446
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
Pupil background
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
About Hillside Primary School
Hillside Primary School is a primary school in Reading, Wokingham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 446 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. 72% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of primary schools in England.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Hillside Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 59 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.10 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Hillside 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.