Wescott Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Wokingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Wescott Infant School is a primary school in Wokingham for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 November 2023. Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Wescott 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 36 first-choice applications for 38 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 19 of the 21 other Wokingham primary schools with a published outcome.
- 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wokingham is 10%.
- There are 19.7 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wokingham is 21.3.
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
- Goodchild Road, Wokingham, RG40 2EN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 116 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils receive a strong start to their education.”
- “Children flourish in Reception, gaining confidence and developing resilience quickly.”
- “Pupils enjoy warm and positive relationships with each other and their teachers.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, staff do not use the same approach to support pupils to learn and recall important content.”
- “As a result, pupils do not securely remember the key knowledge they are taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 36 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.
- St Teresa's Catholic Academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Westende Junior School 0.1 mi Not judged
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Keep Hatch Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walter Infant School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- St Cecilia's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published