Woodley CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Reading, Wokingham·RG5 4UX
Composite score
55.0
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#5,493
National rank
#814
In South East
#28
In Wokingham
Top 37%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.82
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
75
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420220.9320230.9720240.9520250.822026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Woodley CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
298
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
23.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,398
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Woodley CofE Primary School

Woodley CofE Primary School is a primary school in Reading, Wokingham, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 298 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 37% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Woodley CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. Woodley CofE Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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