Alder Grove Church of England Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Shinfield, Wokingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
0.405 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.
Alder Grove Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Shinfield, Wokingham for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 June 2023. Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2024 entry.
Alder Grove Church of England 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 2024 | 0.405 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.430 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.721 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.736 mi |
| 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
- In Reception 2024 the last child offered a place lived 0.405 miles from the school, the shortest of 11 Wokingham primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.03 miles).
- The 2024 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2023 and nearer than in 2021, and the 2024 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 116 first-choice applications for 58 offers, 2.0 first choices per offer, the highest of 44 Wokingham primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 57 offers went to first-choice families and 59 first-choice families were not offered a place; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Alder Grove, Shinfield, RG2 9RA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 404 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this newly established school.”
- “They understand the values of kindness, service, truthfulness, forgiveness, courage and perseverance and can talk about these with confidence.”
- “Pupils learn about these values from the very start of their time in school and this helps them to develop their understanding of how to work together well.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, such as art, the curriculum is at an earlier stage of development and pupils’ learning is not as secure.”
- “Leaders continue to adapt provision, but support is not always as precise as it could be, meaning that a small number of pupils with SEND could achieve even more.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 116 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 57 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 Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hillside Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lambs Lane Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grazeley Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whiteknights Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Radstock Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Coombes Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published