Waingels
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Reading, Wokingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Waingels is a secondary school in Reading, Wokingham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Waingels 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | 2.119 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1000 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 1.469 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 3.131 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 3.495 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 5 of the 6 earlier years.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry there were 173 first-choice applications for 235 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 9 Wokingham secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 50.8 (England 46).
- That 2024/25 result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wokingham that have results.
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
- Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4RF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,382 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being part of the inclusive community that is Waingels College.”
- “Leaders have high standards and are ambitious for all.”
- “Leaders’ vision to be exceptional, at the heart of the community and where ‘better never stops’ is kept at the centre of their work.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum in a minority of subjects is not yet embedded as completely.”
- “While there is a focus on reading, a whole-school approach for supporting pupils who are at the early stages of learning to read, or who lack fluency and/or confidence, is not embedded fully.”
- “Pupils who struggle with reading do not always receive the effective support they need.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 2023 (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) | 54% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 173 first-preference applications, 235 offers in total, 173 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 Wokingham.
- The Bulmershe School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Forest School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Maiden Erlegh School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Emmbrook School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Holt School 3.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Crispin's School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakbank School 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bohunt School Wokingham 5.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published