Mrs Bland's Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Reading, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.447 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Mrs Bland's Infant School is a primary school in Reading, West Berkshire for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Mrs Bland's Infant 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 2026 | 3.447 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 3.447 miles away, the 28th longest of 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.78 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 39 first-choice applications for 41 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 9.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Berkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Berkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Jordan's Lane, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3LP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 181 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “This is an exceptionally nurturing, happy and harmonious school.”
- “It provides an extremely warm welcome for pupils, visitors, parents and carers alike.”
- “Staff care greatly for every child and want the very best for all.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects and in early years, sometimes teachers do not check well enough what pupils know and understand.”
- “They do not address any key gaps and misconceptions well enough before moving on to new work.”
- “Where this happens, some pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 39 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 West Berkshire.
- Garland Junior School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Theale C.E. Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Calcot Infant School and Nursery 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Calcot Junior School 3.2 mi School remains Good