Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
Parsons Down Infant School
Junior school
Parsons Down Junior School
Partner junior school
Year 3 to Year 6 · 140 m away from Parsons Down Infant School
Both schools are in Parsons Down Partnership of Schools, so one governing body runs them.
View schoolYou apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Parsons Down Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 25 May 2022
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for Parsons Down Infant School.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at Parsons Down Junior School
39%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See Parsons Down Junior School's resultsSchool workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
88%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
32 responses up to 7 April 2025 · 36% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
91% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
88% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
81% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
20% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
88% agreeOfsted last inspected Parsons Down Infant School on 25 May 2022 and did not give an overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
Parsons Down Infant School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is Parsons Down Junior School, 140 m away. The two schools are federated, with one governing body. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Parsons Down Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
No. Distance only counts when Parsons Down Infant School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, West Berkshire, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
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