Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Bracknell, Bracknell Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.393 miles
Published by Bracknell Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bracknell, Bracknell Forest for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. Bracknell Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Winkfield St Mary's 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 | 1.393 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived further from the school than in 2025.
- Of the 13 Bracknell Forest primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included), 1.393 miles was the 3rd longest; the middle figure was 0.76 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result of 70% (England 62%) ranked 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bracknell Forest.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bracknell Forest schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Winkfield Row, Bracknell, RG42 6NH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bracknell Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 15 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love being part of this vibrant and caring school.”
- “Its nurturing ethos permeates throughout, enabling collaboration, kindness and respect among pupils.”
- “The school is a happy place where pupils feel safe and secure.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, some chosen learning tasks are less effective in helping pupils to deepen their knowledge.”
- “This means that, at times, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 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) | 70% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Bracknell Forest.
- Whitegrove Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ascot Heath Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Cranbourne Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holly Spring Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell 1.8 mi Good
- Sandy Lane Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Warfield Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harmans Water Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published