St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Wokingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
1.476 miles
Published by Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2024 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst is a primary school in Wokingham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2024 entry.
St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst 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 | 1.476 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 2.353 mi |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 2.73 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2024 lived 1.476 miles away, the 4th longest of 11 Wokingham primary schools with a published Reception 2024 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 18 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary 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
- School Road, Hurst, Wokingham, RG10 0DR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 138 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “This is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Staff work hard to ensure that pupils feel safe and happy.”
- “The school’s values of believing and achieving through respect, honesty, courage and kindness are known to all.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, staff are still identifying the important knowledge they want pupils to learn.”
- “However, in a few subjects, staff are still considering what strategies work best to help pupils remember long term the content they have been taught.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not consistently recall knowledge as fluently as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 November 2023 (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) | 70% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 18 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.
- Woodley CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Colleton Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Winnersh Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rivermead Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willow Bank Infant School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willow Bank Junior School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Polehampton Church of England Infant School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published