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Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet School

Primary · Reading · RG7 4HH

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 12 October 2022

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At a glance

94 pupils · 90% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.sun.w-berks.sch.uk
URN
110021

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.87 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 12 October 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.87 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

17 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
35%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
West Berkshire average57.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Rawcliffe Primary SchoolGoole · 158 miles awayGood24%
Hipsburn Primary SchoolAlnwick · 277 miles awayGood67%
St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolChester · 148 miles awayNeeds attention78%
Slingsby Community Primary SchoolYork · 191 miles awayGood64%
Anson CofE Primary SchoolStafford · 104 miles awayGood73%
Canon Pyon CofE AcademyHereford · 89 miles awayGood50%
Offwell Church of England Primary SchoolHoniton · 99 miles awayGood57%
Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary SchoolBedale · 204 miles awayGood36%
East Allington Primary SchoolTotnes · 137 miles awayGood60%
Cotgrave Church of England Primary SchoolNottingham · 104 miles awayNeeds attention67%
Denby Free CofE VA Primary SchoolRipley · 112 miles awayNeeds attention80%
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolStowmarket · 102 miles awayGood50%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (West Berkshire 74%, England 60%) · Not recorded 4% (West Berkshire 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 3% (West Berkshire 1%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 1% (West Berkshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (West Berkshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (West Berkshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (West Berkshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (West Berkshire 6%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.02 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · West Berkshire: 3.40 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,517; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,860
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £69,762; in-year balance +£13,720

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73.1%62.3%
Social housing10.5%17.1%
Privately rented16.4%20.5%
Detached houses38.4%22.9%
Flats13.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016309 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£439,000108 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£358,000–£594,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (45)£640,000
Semi-detached (42)£391,000
Terraced (16)£337,500
Flat (5)£162,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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