Purley CofE Primary School

State-Funded School

purley-cofe-primary-school-west-berkshire-south-east

South EastRegion

West BerkshireLocal Authority

Reading West and Mid BerkshireConstituency

RG8 8AFPostcode

3.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Purley CofE Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in West Berkshire, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 85 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 8 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 60%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

75%

Asian

Black

11%

Mixed

Pupils

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

20%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 85
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 23 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
23 Jan 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.