Whiteknights Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Reading, Wokingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
0.859 miles
Published by Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2024 (miles)
Whiteknights Primary School is a primary school in Reading, Wokingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 February 2023. Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2024 entry.
Whiteknights 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 | 0.859 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.396 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.328 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.331 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.708 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2024, the last child offered a place lived 0.859 miles away, 4th shortest of 11 Wokingham primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.03 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 58 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- 68 of the 142 Reception 2026 applications (48%) came from families living outside Wokingham, and 32 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 95% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 34% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Fairlawn Green, Shinfield Rise, Reading, RG2 8EP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 453 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school, and value their teachers’ high expectations and the education they receive.”
- “They do well at this school, and achieve high standards in reading, writing and mathematics.”
- “Pupils like learning new things, such as Latin, which they start at the beginning of Year 3.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ achievement in some other subjects is not as deep or secure.”
- “Currently, some foundation subjects are timetabled for very short blocks of time.”
- “This results in significant periods of time between pupils’ experiences of these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 May 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) | 95% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 56 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.
- Hillside Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Radstock Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aldryngton Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Loddon Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawkedon Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shinfield Infant and Nursery School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Alder Grove Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published