Shinfield Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Reading, Wokingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
0.883 miles
Published by Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2024 (miles)
Shinfield Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Reading, Wokingham for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2024 entry.
Shinfield Infant and Nursery 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 2024 | 0.883 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.804 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.212 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.963 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.841 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.883 miles away, the 5th shortest of 11 Wokingham primary schools with a published Reception 2024 last distance.
- That 2024 Reception distance was about the same as in 2023 and in 2020, though it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 73 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 63 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- There are 23.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.3 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
- School Green, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9EH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 303 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “The school is a friendly place where children feel safe and flourish.”
- “The school’s vision, ‘we care, we learn, we achieve’, is evident in daily life.”
- “Pupils take pride in attending this school and appreciate the genuine care from staff.”
To improve
- “Previous strategies for teaching handwriting did not lead to many pupils forming letters correctly and joining consistently.”
- “While improvements are in progress, it is too early to gauge their full impact.”
- “Consequently, many pupils still do not have the necessary handwriting skills to form and join letters accurately and consistently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 73 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 63 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.
- Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Alder Grove Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hillside Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whiteknights Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lambs Lane Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Coombes Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Radstock Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grazeley Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published