Oaklands Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Crowthorne, Wokingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Oaklands Infant School is a primary school in Crowthorne, Wokingham for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 31 October 2023. Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2025 entry.
Oaklands Infant 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 54 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 53 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- Of the 114 applications for Reception 2026, 53 (46%) came from families living outside Wokingham, and 24 offers went to those families.
- Every applicant for Reception 2025 was offered a place, as at 5 of the 10 other Wokingham primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- The share of pupils eligible for free school meals is 2.8%, against a middle figure of 6.1% 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
- Butler Road, Crowthorne, RG45 6QZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 176 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 31 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils love attending Oaklands Infant School.”
- “They are happy to come to school and are well looked after by the caring team of dedicated staff.”
- “Parents are full of praise for the school with one commenting, ‘My child runs into school every day and comes out smiling.’”
To improve
- “However, at times, pupils struggle to recall some of their learning in sufficient detail.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 53 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.
- Oaklands Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Hatch Ride Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Evendons Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Nine Mile Ride Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gorse Ride Infants' School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Academy 2.6 mi Good Last distance published