Junior school for DD in Reading

[sunils66]

We're looking to move to Caversham and searching for a good school for DD. She'll be starting in Y5. We've been looking at Caversham Primary and also some prep schools. Caversham Prep, Hemdean House, St Joseph's. Cav Primary is supposed to be outstanding but the last report was 2009. Cav Prep and Hemdean seem remarkably small (around 70 pupils total). Any advice on these and others in the area?

Caversham primary has a good reputation locally, has it actually got spaces?

I don’t know the 2 preps very well, but 70 children is small. I work in a prep in a nearby town which has 100 children and it’s not ideal financially. However I actually think caversham prep is gaining rather than losing at the moment which is a positive sign.

There’s st martins catholic, emmer green primary and caversham park school a short drive out of main caversham too, and caversham heights school which is quite new.

@modgepodge - thanks for the message. Getting a spot in Caversham primary may be difficult, as you point out. As for the 2 preps we mentioned, we were not sure if going to such a small school would prepare her for the larger environment at secondary.

Emmer Green looks good. Will have a look at that.
Thanks