Woodley CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Reading, Wokingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Woodley CofE Primary School is a primary school in Reading, Wokingham for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 April 2024. Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Woodley CofE 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 0.372 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 result was the 2nd lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wokingham that have results.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, with 23 first-choice applications for 28 offers; places ran out in 1 of the 5 earlier years.
- Of its pupils, 14.1% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 6.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wokingham.
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
- Hurricane Way, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4UX
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 291 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this kind and thoughtful school community.”
- “They know the importance of the school’s values and live up to them.”
- “Pupils feel safe and they know they can share any worries with a trusted adult, who will help them.”
To improve
- “However, there are a small number of subjects in the process of being refined and the key facts pupils are to learn have not been fully established.”
- “However, this is not the case across all of the curriculum.”
- “Where aspects of the curriculum are being refined, teachers are not provided with the same clarity around the knowledge pupils are to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2024 (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) | 63% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 23 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.
- Willow Bank Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willow Bank Junior School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rivermead Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Lake Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sonning Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published