Oakbank School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Reading, Wokingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wokingham Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Oakbank School is a secondary school in Reading, Wokingham for ages 11–16 (free schools). Wokingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Oakbank 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Not published |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | 3.982 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 1.815 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 1.861 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 1.638 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 43 offers: 0.3 first choices per offer, the lowest of 9 Wokingham secondary schools.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 4 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Of the 46 Year 7 applications in 2026, 15 (33%) came from families living outside Wokingham, and 7 offers went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 35.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 12.1% across the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Hyde End Lane, Ryeish Green, Hyde End Lane, Reading, RG7 1ER
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Wokingham
- Pupils on roll
- 300 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 14 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 14 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wokingham.
- Maiden Erlegh School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bohunt School Wokingham 3.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Bulmershe School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Forest School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Emmbrook School 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Holt School 5.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Waingels 5.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Crispin's School 6.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published