Emmbrook Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · 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.
Emmbrook Infant School is a primary school in Wokingham for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 January 2025. Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Emmbrook 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 | 0.521 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.274 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.294 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.987 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.748 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 19 of the 21 other Wokingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out in 5 of the 6 earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2023 to 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 42 offers, against a published admission number of 60 places; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 11.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9.1% 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
- Emmbrook Infant School, Emmbrook Road, Wokingham, RG41 1JR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 182 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 January 2025
Strengths
- “The school’s vision, ‘Together everyone achieves more’, is realised every day.”
- “This is a flourishing community where everyone is welcomed and included.”
- “Pupils appreciate each other’s unique qualities.”
To improve
- “In a few wider curriculum subjects, checks on how well pupils have remembered knowledge over time are not as fully embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 40 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 40 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.
- Emmbrook Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Cecilia's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Windmill Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Hawthorns Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Walter Infant School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Winnersh Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published