Farley Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Arborfield Green, Wokingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
0.700 miles
Published by Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2024 (miles)
Farley Hill Primary School is a primary school in Arborfield Green, Wokingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2024 entry.
Farley Hill Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2024 | 0.700 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.772 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 2.125 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.049 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.923 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.700 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 11 Wokingham primary schools with a published Reception 2024 last distance.
- The 2024 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2023, and the 2024 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 65 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wokingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Baston Road, Arborfield Green, RG2 9YW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 358 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at Farley Hill.”
- “They love coming to school and appreciate that it is a great place to learn as a team.”
- “They know and live out the school’s motto of ‘Together Everyone Achieves More’.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas, teachers’ subject knowledge and choice of learning tasks do not allow pupils to be challenged as effectively as they could.”
- “This means that, occasionally, pupils’ learning of new knowledge and skills could be even stronger.”
- “Attendance has been lower than the school has wanted.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 83% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 65 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wokingham.
- The Coombes Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Gorse Ride Junior School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Gorse Ride Infants' School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shinfield Infant and Nursery School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Nine Mile Ride Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lambs Lane Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published