Harmans Water Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bracknell, Bracknell Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bracknell Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harmans Water Primary School is a primary school in Bracknell, Bracknell Forest for ages 3–11 (community school). Bracknell Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Harmans Water 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 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 35% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bracknell Forest.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, unlike 2025, and as at 6 of the 19 other Bracknell Forest primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 55 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 25.2% and there are 22.1 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 16% and 19.6 across 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
- Wellington Drive, Harmans Water, Bracknell, RG12 9NE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bracknell Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this caring school.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities have their needs identified quickly and thoroughly.”
- “Staff offer thoughtful, personalised approaches that help vulnerable pupils by removing barriers to their learning and wellbeing effectively.”
To improve
- “However, at times, pupils’ understanding in lessons is not checked as effectively as it should be.”
- “As a result, a small proportion of pupils make repeated errors.”
- “Historically, pupils' achievement by the end of key stage 2 is below national averages in reading, writing and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (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) | 35% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 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.
- Crown Wood Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Fox Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell 0.8 mi Good
- Holly Spring Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged
- Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wildridings Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sandy Lane Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade