Ofsted
Outstanding
Inspected 2025
Expected Standard
77%
Age Range
3-11
South Lake Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Reading, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 17% of primary schools nationally.
South Lake Primary School is an academy converter in Reading, Wokingham, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 454 pupils on roll, of whom 14% are eligible for free school meals.
In 2025, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 12% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #3 of 36 primaries in Wokingham and #2,000 of 14,143 nationally.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Good.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.3:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.3 per 1,000 pupils per term.
R/W/M Expected Standard
77%
Read SS
108
Maths SS
107
GPS SS
105
Progress (0 = national avg)
-
Read
-
Write
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Maths
Inspection Report
Inspection Report
Inspection Report
Why no overall grade?
From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.
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