OFSTED
Latest inspection
16 June 2026
Latest published outcome
Met
Renewed framework
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum & teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance & behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development
Strong standard
Leadership & governance
Expected standard
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
26 April 2022
Graded inspection
Good
Published
20 June 2022
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Wokingham
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
159
159 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
79
49.7% of pupils
Male pupils
80
50.3% of pupils
11.0 pts
below England
School
13.8%
Wokingham
9.0%
South East
19.0%
England
24.8%
0.8 pts
below England
School
19.5%
Wokingham
22.8%
South East
15.6%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Wokingham
0.3%
South East
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
5.7%
9
Any other Mixed background
3.8%
6
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
12.0%
19 of
159 pupils
8.9 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
7.6%
12 pupils
England
14.8%
7.2 pts
below
EHC plans
4.4%
7 pupils
England
6.0%
1.6 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
No specialist assessment yet
4
Social, emotional & mental health
4
Speech, language & communication
4
Autistic spectrum disorder
3
Specific learning difficulty
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
4.45%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.76 pts
lower than
England
School
4.45%
Wokingham
5.36%
South East
6.30%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
13.81%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
2.00 pts
lower than
England
School
13.81%
Wokingham
12.49%
South East
15.75%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.55%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.25 pts
lower than
England
School
0.55%
Wokingham
1.23%
South East
1.93%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
62.1%
26.1 pts
below England
Gorse Ride Junior School
62.1%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.