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Hermitage Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 60% 60% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
60% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
4% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
105 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
104 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 43%[4] 0%[4] 104[4] 102[4]
2022/23 61%[5] 18%[5] 105[5] 104[5]
2018/19 54%[6] 11%[6] 106[6] 104[6]
2017/18 63%[7] 4%[7] 105[7] 101[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
11 Mar 2025[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
29 Apr 2025[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
24 Sep 2019[9] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[9] No overall grade[9]
Date not published[10] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[10] Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
47 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
28 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
30 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 45[11] 23[11] 26[11] 1.7[11] 0.9[11]
Entry Sept 2024 33[11] 15[11] 15[11] 2.2[11] 1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2023 35[11] 16[11] 17[11] 2.1[11] 0.9[11]
Entry Sept 2022 35[11] 21[11] 22[11] 1.6[11] 1.0[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
210[1]
Local authority
West Berkshire[1]
Website
https://hermitage-westberks.secure-dbprimary.com/westberks/primary/hermitage[1]
District
West Berkshire[12]
Postcode
RG18 9SA[1]
URN
109815[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
175 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
11.4% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
10.9% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
2.9% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.6% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
86.6%[14]
Mixed
6.5%[14]
Asian
5.4%[14]
Black
0.5%[14]
Any other ethnic group
1.1%[14]
Unclassified
0%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.