Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School is a primary school located in Thatcham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 07/11/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is well above average, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Cold Ash Hill, Thatcham

School Information

Address: Cold Ash Hill, Thatcham, RG18 9PT
Website: http://www.coldash.w-berks.sch.uk
Telephone: 01635862600
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: West Berkshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Mitch Warrender
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 109958

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/11/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 176
Number of Boys: 79
Number of Girls: 97

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.5% 4%
Persistent absence: SUPP% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 4 Confidence interval 1.5 to 6.4
Writing
Average: 0.3 Confidence interval -1.9 to 2.6
Maths
Average: 1 Confidence interval -1.1 to 3.1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:80%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:16%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:109
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School
Cold Ash Hill , Cold Ash RG18 9PT 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Finian's Catholic Primary School
The Ridge , Cold Ash RG18 9HU 		3out of 4 928 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Whitelands Park Primary School
Sagecroft Road , RG18 3FH 		3out of 4 2,171 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Thatcham Park CofE Primary
Park Avenue , RG18 4NP 		3out of 4 2,490 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
Curridge Primary School
Curridge , RG18 9DZ 		3out of 4 2,945 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Downe House
Cold Ash , RG18 9JJ 		- not rated 1,285 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools
Marlston House , Hermitage RG18 9UL 		- not rated 2,851 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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