Aldryngton Primary School
Off Silverdale Road, Earley, Reading, RG6 7HR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr M Wieder
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 314
- URN
- 109850
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01189265843
About this school
Aldryngton Primary School is a community primary school in Reading. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 314 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 44 | 45 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 84% | 87% | 82% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 24% | 16% |
| Expected standard in reading | 95% | 91% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 91% | 91% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 89% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Aldryngton Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wokingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 84% | 66% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 87% | 67.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 82% | 68.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 315 |
| 2023/24 | 315 |
| 2024/25 | 314 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Aldryngton Primary School compares
Aldryngton Primary School ranked 7th of 37 primary schools in Wokingham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 90% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 82% | 5.5% | 2.9% | 314 | — |
| Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School | 69% | 4.6% | 9.5% | 458 | 0.4 miles |
| Radstock Primary School | — | — | — | 341 | 0.6 miles |
| Loddon Primary School | 73% | 5.2% | 7.3% | 511 | 0.7 miles |
| Alfred Sutton Primary School | 83% | 6.3% | 18.8% | 664 | 0.9 miles |
| Whiteknights Primary School | 95% | 3.6% | 18.5% | 453 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 2.87%
- English as an additional language
- 50.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.51%
- Persistent absence
- 10.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Reading
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Radstock Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Reading
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Loddon Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Reading
-
Alfred Sutton Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Reading
-
Whiteknights Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Reading
Other schools in Reading
Aldryngton Primary School ranks 10th of the 82 ranked primary schools in Reading.
- Aldermaston C.E. Primary School Primary
- Alfred Sutton Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Aided Infant School Primary
- All Saints Junior School Primary
- Basildon C.E. Primary School Primary
- Battle Primary Academy Primary
- Beechwood Primary School Primary
- Beenham Primary School Primary
- Birch Copse Primary School Primary
- Bradfield C.E. Primary School Primary
- Brimpton C.E. Primary School Primary
- Bucklebury C.E. Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Aldryngton Primary School teach?
- Aldryngton Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Reading.
- Who is the headteacher of Aldryngton Primary School?
- The headteacher of Aldryngton Primary School is Mr M Wieder, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Aldryngton Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Aldryngton Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Aldryngton Primary School?
- Aldryngton Primary School has 314 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Aldryngton Primary School full?
- Aldryngton Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 314 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Aldryngton Primary School a faith school?
- No. Aldryngton Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Aldryngton Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Aldryngton Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Aldryngton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 84% in 2022/23 and 82% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Aldryngton Primary School rank locally?
- Aldryngton Primary School ranked 7th of 37 primary schools in Wokingham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 90% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Aldryngton Primary School's absence rate?
- Aldryngton Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Aldryngton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Aldryngton Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.