Caversham Preparatory School
Caversham Preparatory School is an independent school in Reading for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 68 pupils and room for 98.
16 Peppard Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JZ0118 947 8684cavershamschool.comMr Andrew Lawson headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Reading council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 68 | 61 | 59 | 72 | 64 | 50 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 2% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 4% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiltern Nursery Nurse Training School | Miscellaneous | 0 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Queen Anne's School | Independent (grammar) | 250 m | 327 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Caversham Primary School | Council | 490 m | 414 | Good 2023 | 86 | Compare |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 570 m | 165 | Not inspected | 56 | Compare |
| The Hill Primary School | Council | 800 m | 410 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
| Thameside Primary School | Council | 810 m | 322 | Not inspected | 17 | Compare |
| New Bridge Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 910 m | 97 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Micklands Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 293 | No overall grade 2024 | 20 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Caversham Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Caversham Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does Caversham Preparatory School have?
68 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 98 places, so it is 69% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 16 Peppard Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JZ
- Telephone
- 0118 947 8684
- Website
- www.cavershamschool.com
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Lawson
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Reading
- Ward
- Caversham
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 22 March 1994
- URN
- 110177 · LAESTAB 8706009 · UKPRN 10037208
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.