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Beechwood Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMiss Sally Hunter

corporate_fareLDBS FRAYS ACADEMY TRUST

location_onReading, RG5 4JJ

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2023

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Students

352

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Expected Standard

53%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Beechwood Primary School is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Reading, serving ages 4-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 76% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Beechwood Primary School is an academy sponsor led in Reading, Wokingham, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of LDBS FRAYS ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 295 pupils on roll, of whom 29% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #34 of 36 primaries in Wokingham and #11,265 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2023. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.8:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 3.6 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

53%

LA 67%

Reading75% LA 82%

Writing57% LA 74%

Maths68% LA 79%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

47%

LA 67%England 61%

Reading62% LA 81% · Eng 74%

Writing68% LA 77% · Eng 72%

Maths60% LA 79% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

49%

LA 66%England 60%

Reading72% LA 80% · Eng 73%

Writing54% LA 75% · Eng 71%

Maths61% LA 79% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.6

Read

LA 1.0

-1.1 to 2.3

-2.0

Write

LA -0.2

-3.6 to -0.3

-1.8

Maths

LA 0.6

-3.4 to -0.1

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 73%England 65%

Reading-% LA 80% · Eng 73%

Writing-% LA 84% · Eng 78%

Maths-% LA 83% · Eng 79%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA 0.5

Write

LA -0.5

Maths

LA 0.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

14 November 2023

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2023-11-14

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2018-05-22

S5 Inspection EIF

Inadequate

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2013-02-07

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

3.4%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

2.0%(6 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

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verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 295 pupils. During this period, there were 10 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 3.4%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	295	10	3.4%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	291	11	3.8%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	324	14	4.3%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	327	26	8.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	323	21	6.5%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	367	21	5.7%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	352	26	7.4%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	345	29	8.4%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	364	1	0.3%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	349	7	2.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	344	1	0.3%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	372	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	372	1	0.3%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	367	1	0.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	352	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	352	5	1.4%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	354	8	2.3%	0.6%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 19 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 14 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 9 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 7 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 4 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils