Birch Copse Primary School
About the school
Birch Copse Primary School is an open primary school in West Berkshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 9 July 2024
- Published
- 10 September 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 72%
- West Berkshire
- 57%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 20%
- West Berkshire
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 83%
- West Berkshire
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 87%
- West Berkshire
- 67%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 82%
- West Berkshire
- 70%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 85%
- West Berkshire
- 70%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 52%
- West Berkshire
- 27%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 87%
- West Berkshire
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 108
- West Berkshire
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 106
- West Berkshire
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 109
- West Berkshire
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
416
Girls
42.55%
Boys
57.45%
SEN support
6.01%
Education, health and care plan
1.92%
English as an additional language
9.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
7.69%
Overall absence
3.32
Persistent absence
4.12