Hillside Primary School
Rushey Way, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 4HQ
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Hillside Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Dan Pearman
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 472
- Pupils on roll
- 446
- URN
- 109930
- Local authority
- Wokingham
About this school
Hillside Primary School was a community primary school in Reading. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 446 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hillside Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 62 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 75% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 12% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 87% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 87% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 83% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.40 | - | - |
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 Hillside 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 | 73% | 66% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 67.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 68.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 460 |
| 2023/24 | 457 |
| 2024/25 | 446 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hillside Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 3.9% | 6.4% | 446 | — |
| Hillside Primary School | — | — | — | 450 | 0.0 miles |
| Whiteknights Primary School | 95% | 3.6% | 18.5% | 453 | 0.3 miles |
| The Ridgeway Primary School | 54% | 6.8% | 41.3% | 362 | 0.6 miles |
| Radstock Primary School | — | — | — | 341 | 0.6 miles |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary School | 57% | 6.5% | 44.9% | 298 | 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)
- 6.44%
- English as an additional language
- 33.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.93%
- Persistent absence
- 6.63%
Location
Nearby schools
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Hillside Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Reading
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Whiteknights Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Reading
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The Ridgeway Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Reading
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Radstock Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Reading
-
Christ The King Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Reading
Other schools in Reading
- Aldermaston C.E. Primary School Primary
- Aldryngton 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
Common questions
- What ages does Hillside Primary School teach?
- Hillside Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Reading.
- Has Hillside Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hillside Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Hillside Primary School?
- Hillside Primary School had 446 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Hillside Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hillside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hillside 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 7 July 2025.