The Schools Guru
The Schools GuruYour personal AI advisor on schools and colleges in EnglandLet's talk 💬

The Palmer Primary Academy

 

Contact Details

Address:
 70 Northumberland Avenue
 Reading
 Berkshire RG2 7PP
Telephone: 0118 937 5481

School Type

Phase: Primary (ages 3-11)
Type: Sponsor-Led Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2013
History: This school arose from George Palmer Primary School
Trust: REAch2 Academy Trust
Sponsor: REAch2 Academy Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Miss Anne Higginbotham (since January 2023 – came from Merriott Primary School)
Previous Headteacher: Aaron Wanford
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 13.8 / 18.09
Non-teaching Staff*: 22.09
Number of pupils: 436
Pupils Per Teacher: 31.6
Sex: Mixed (48% boys / 52% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 31.70% (medium)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 27.0%
Local child deprivation rate: 17.8% (2km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 75.8%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 74.8%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 1.8km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: South East
Authority: Reading
Constituency: Reading East
Electoral Ward: Katesgrove
School Number: 8702012

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 22nd November 2022 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Good

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
The Schools Guru: Let's talk 💬
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Reading Girls' School (0.3km) show on map
  2. OneSchool Global Reading Senior Campus (0.5km) show on map
  3. Groveside School (0.6km) show on map
  4. New Christ Church Church of England Primary School (0.6km) show on map
  5. Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School (0.9km) show on map
  6. Blagdon Nursery School (1.0km) show on map
  7. Leighton Park School (1.1km) show on map
  8. The Abbey School Reading (1.1km) show on map
  9. Reading School (1.2km) show on map
  10. Redlands Primary School (1.3km) show on map
  11. Katesgrove Primary School (1.4km) show on map
  12. Kendrick School (1.4km) show on map
  13. Hartland High School (1.5km) show on map
  14. The Ridgeway Primary School (1.6km) show on map
  15. Coley Primary School (1.6km) show on map
  16. Red Balloon Learner Centre Reading (1.7km) show on map
  17. The Deenway Montessori School (1.7km) show on map
  18. Christ The King Catholic Primary School (1.7km) show on map
  19. Whiteknights Primary School (1.8km) show on map
  20. Maiden Erlegh School in Reading (1.8km) show on map
  21. Hamilton School (1.8km) show on map
  22. Geoffrey Field Junior School (1.8km) show on map
  23. Geoffrey Field Infant School (1.8km) show on map
  24. UTC Reading (1.9km) show on map
  25. St John's Church of England Primary School (1.9km) show on map
  26. St Mary & All Saints Church of England Primar... (2.0km) show on map
  27. Crosfields School (2.0km) show on map
  28. Alfred Sutton Primary School (2.1km) show on map
  29. New Town Primary School (2.2km) show on map
  30. Hillside Primary School (2.3km) show on map
  31. All Saints Church of England Aided Infant School (2.3km) show on map
  32. All Saints Junior School (2.3km) show on map
  33. Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School (2.4km) show on map
  34. Aldryngton Primary School (2.5km) show on map
  35. Radstock Primary School (2.6km) show on map
  36. Civitas Academy (2.6km) show on map
  37. Oxford Road Community School (2.6km) show on map
  38. St Edward's Prep (2.6km) show on map
  39. Maiden Erlegh School (2.6km) show on map
  40. The WREN School (2.7km) show on map
  41. Green Park Village Primary Academy (2.7km) show on map
  42. E P Collier Primary School (2.8km) show on map
  43. Southcote Primary School (2.9km) show on map
  44. Cranbury College (2.9km) show on map
  45. Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School (3.0km) show on map
  46. Battle Primary Academy (3.0km) show on map
  47. Thameside Primary School (3.1km) show on map
  48. New Bridge Nursery School (3.1km) show on map
  49. Caversham Nursery School (3.1km) show on map
  50. St Anne's Catholic Primary School (3.1km) show on map
  51. River Academy (3.2km) show on map
  52. Wilson Primary School (3.4km) show on map
  53. Highwood Primary School (3.5km) show on map
  54. The Bulmershe School (3.5km) show on map
  55. Addington School (3.5km) show on map
  56. Queen Anne's School (3.6km) show on map
  57. Loddon Primary School (3.6km) show on map
  58. The Vine Christian School (3.7km) show on map
  59. Manor Primary School (3.8km) show on map
  60. The Holy Brook School (3.8km) show on map
  61. Alder Grove Church of England Primary School (3.8km) show on map
  62. Caversham Preparatory School (3.9km) show on map
  63. Chiltern Nursery Nurse Training School (3.9km) show on map
  64. Caversham Primary School (3.9km) show on map
  65. Hawkedon Primary School (3.9km) show on map
  66. Shinfield Infant and Nursery School (3.9km) show on map
  67. South Lake Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  68. King's Academy Prospect (4.0km) show on map
  69. Oakbank School (4.0km) show on map
  70. Micklands Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  71. Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School (4.1km) show on map
  72. English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School (4.3km) show on map
  73. Ranikhet Academy (4.3km) show on map
  74. St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School (4.4km) show on map
  75. St Michael's Primary School (4.4km) show on map
  76. The Ambleside Centre (4.4km) show on map
  77. Beechwood Primary School (4.4km) show on map
  78. Kennet Valley Primary School (4.4km) show on map
  79. Rivermead Primary School (4.6km) show on map
  80. Churchend Primary Academy (4.7km) show on map
  81. Reading Blue Coat School (4.7km) show on map
  82. The Avenue Special School (4.8km) show on map
  83. Thames Valley School (4.8km) show on map
  84. The Hill Primary School (4.8km) show on map
  85. Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre (4.9km) show on map
  86. The Heights Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  87. Moorlands Primary School (5.0km) show on map
  88. Emmer Green Primary School (5.0km) show on map
  89. Sonning Church of England Primary School (5.1km) show on map
  90. St Martin's Catholic Primary School (5.2km) show on map
  91. Norcot Early Years Centre (5.2km) show on map
  92. Meadow Park Academy (5.2km) show on map
  93. Caversham Park Primary School (5.3km) show on map
  94. Grazeley Church of England Primary School (5.3km) show on map
  95. Willow Bank Infant School (5.3km) show on map
  96. Willow Bank Junior School (5.3km) show on map
  97. Blagrave Nursery School (5.4km) show on map
  98. Woodley CofE Primary School (5.5km) show on map
  99. Bearwood Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  100. Waingels (5.9km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Same Trust
Same Sponsor
Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. Coppice Primary Academy, Oldham
  2. Poplars Farm Primary School, Bradford
  3. St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy...
  4. Joseph Locke Primary School, Barnsley
  5. Mount Pleasant Primary School, Huddersfield
  6. Rushey Green Primary School, London
  7. Lings Primary School, Northampton
  8. St Paul's CofE Primary School, London
  9. Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School, Milton Keynes
  10. Tennyson Road Primary School, Luton
  11. Alma Park Primary School, Manchester
  12. Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy, Bradford
  13. Parkinson Lane Community Primary School, Halifax
  14. Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Gravesend
  15. St John's CofE (A) Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent
  16. Torridon Primary School, London
  17. St John's CofE School, Stanmore
  18. St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Sheffield
  19. Seymour Park Community Primary School, Manchester
  20. Roundthorn Primary Academy, Oldham
  21. Chestnut Park Primary School, Croydon
  22. St Luke's Catholic Primary School, Prescot
  23. Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary School, Keighley
  24. St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School, Cambridge
  25. The James Cambell Primary School, Dagenham
  26. Waterside Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent
  27. St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  28. Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School, Croydon
  29. Whittingham Primary Academy, London
  30. Highfield Primary School, Uxbridge
  31. St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Sheffield
  32. St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School, Middlesbrough
  33. Battle Primary Academy, Reading
  34. English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Fenham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  35. St Joan of Arc RC Primary School, London
  36. Hollinswood Primary School, Telford
  37. Lynch Hill School Primary Academy, Slough
  38. Lift Newington, Hull
  39. Fulbridge Academy, Peterborough
  40. Elm Road Primary School, Wisbech
  41. The Grove Academy, Watford
  42. Ferndale Primary School, Birmingham
  43. Winsor Primary School, London
  44. Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy, Halifax
  45. Little Mead Primary Academy, Bristol
  46. Sellincourt Primary School, London
  47. Thorpe Hall Primary School, London
  48. May Park Primary School, Bristol
  49. Seymour Primary School, Crawley
  50. Foxfield Primary School, London
  51. Elmhurst School, Aylesbury
  52. Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School, King's Lynn
  53. Longshaw Primary Academy, London
  54. Oakthorpe Primary School, London
  55. Devonshire Primary School, Sutton
  56. The Woodside Primary Academy, London
  57. Rectory Farm Primary School, Northampton
  58. Latchford St James CofE Primary School, Warrington
  59. Brambles Primary Academy, Huddersfield
  60. Bearbrook Combined School, Aylesbury
  61. St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy, Dewsbury
  62. Burnt Tree Primary School, Oldbury
  63. The Westborough School, Westcliff-on-Sea
  64. Oak View Primary and Nursery School, Hatfield
  65. Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane, London
  66. Belmore Primary Academy, Hayes
  67. Heathfield Academy, Croydon
  68. Boothferry Primary School, Goole
  69. Thomas's Academy, London
  70. The Bewbush Academy, Crawley
  71. Pebble Brook Primary School, Crewe
  72. Lime Tree Primary Academy, Dunstable
  73. The Leys Primary School, Dagenham
  74. St Helen's Primary School, Ipswich
  75. Claycots School, Slough
  76. Little Reddings Primary School, Bushey
  77. St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Manchester
  78. West Wimbledon Primary School, London
  79. Kings Heath Primary Academy, Northampton
  80. Soho Parish CofE Primary School, London
  81. Oxhey Wood Primary School, Watford
  82. De Havilland Primary School, Hatfield
  83. St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, London
  84. Park Primary School, London
  85. Acacias Community Primary School, Manchester
  86. Marland Hill Community Primary School, Rochdale
  87. Rockingham Primary School, Corby
  88. Hazel Leys Academy, Corby
  89. Bignold Primary School and Nursery, Norwich
  90. Rainham Village Primary School
  91. East Wickham Primary Academy, Welling
  92. St Matthew's CofE Primary School, West Drayton
  93. Whitehouse Community Primary School, Ipswich
  94. Great Bridge Primary School, Tipton
  95. St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Kettering
  96. Annie Lennard Primary School, Smethwick
  97. Christ Church CofE Primary School, Oldham
  98. Thameside Primary School, Grays
  99. Mulgrave Primary School, London
  100. Howard Primary School, Croydon
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |