The Willink School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Reading, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.557 miles
Other Applicants · Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Willink School is a secondary school in Reading, West Berkshire for ages 11–18 (community school). West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
The Willink 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 3.557 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 3.557 miles away, further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2011.
- Last distances for Year 7 swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2018 to 2019.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 214 first-choice applications for 201 offers; 196 offers went to first-choice families and 18 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 51.9 (England 46).
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
- School Lane, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3XJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at The Willink School enjoy coming to school.”
- “Warm relationships with staff start at the school gate, where pupils are welcomed by staff who know them well.”
- “Pupils appreciate the introduction of a phone-free school.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, examination outcomes are not as high.”
- “However, although leaders plan support for pupils with gaps in their basic skills for reading or writing, some of this help is not quite as specific as it should be for a few pupils.”
- “Disadvantaged pupils attend slightly less well compared to their peers, but this is increasing.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 57% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 214 first-preference applications, 201 offers in total, 196 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Berkshire.
- Theale Green School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Little Heath School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Denefield School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Kennet School 7.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Trinity School 10.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's School 11.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Downs School 11.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park House School 11.7 mi Not judged Last distance published