Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior School

About Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior School

Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across both its most recent graded inspection in 2011 and an ungraded visit in 2021 that confirmed the school remains Good. The most telling academic metric for this junior school is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which sits at 69%. That figure comfortably exceeds the West Berkshire local authority average of 57%, placing the school 18th out of 67 primary schools in the area. In the broader South East region, it ranks in the top third of schools, and nationally it sits around the 34th percentile. These results suggest a school that consistently delivers solid, above-average outcomes for its pupils without necessarily being among the very highest performers in the county.

Digging into the individual subject scores from the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, reading stands out as a relative strength. 79% of pupils met the expected standard, and 31% achieved the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 106. Writing saw 78% at expected and 12% at the higher level, while maths recorded 74% at expected and 24% at the higher standard, with an average score of 105. The combined higher standard figure for all three subjects is 7%, which is modest but reflects the school's focus on securing the expected standard for the majority. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points, but the attainment figures themselves paint a picture of a school where most children leave at age 11 having met national benchmarks.

The school is a Church of England primary for children aged 7 to 11, with 237 pupils on roll against a capacity of 240, so it is running nearly full. Just 8.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the national average. Facilities include an art studio, sensory room, sports hall, outdoor playground, forest school and a chapel, and the extracurricular offering covers football, cricket, cross country, swimming, dance, athletics and netball, plus clubs for eco, book, coding and film. The school is equipped to support a range of special educational needs, including autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language communication needs, and social, emotional and mental health difficulties. For families in West Berkshire looking for a solid, well-regarded junior school with a Church of England character and strong core results, Mortimer St Mary's is a reliable choice that delivers above the local average.

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