Councils · England · Wokingham
Schools in Wokingham, and the dates that matter.
Every state school in the council area — 56 primary, 10 secondary — with Wokingham’s application deadlines, offer days, and where to apply. One page, kept current from official sources.
September 2027 entry · Sources: Primary scheme (PDF) · Secondary scheme (PDF)
Primary · Reception 2027
15 January 2027
National deadline. Offers arrive 16 April. We suggest submitting by 8 January to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Wokingham’s portal →Verify the exact date on the council’s scheme →Secondary · Year 7 2027
31 October 2026
National deadline. Offers arrive 1 March. Grammar tests, where they apply, happen even earlier. We suggest submitting by 24 October to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Wokingham’s portal →Verify the exact date on the council’s scheme →01 / EVERY SCHOOL IN WOKINGHAM
Find your shortlist.
All 81state and independent schools in the council area, straight from the Department for Education’s register. Open any school for admissions details, Ofsted history and open days.
Primary · 56
Alder Grove Church of England Primary School
Free schools · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Shinfield
Ofsted · Good
Aldryngton Primary School
Community school · Ages 5-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Not judged
All Saints Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Bearwood Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Beechwood Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Crazies Hill Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Emmbrook Infant School
Academy converter · Ages 4-7 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Emmbrook Junior School
Academy converter · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Evendons Primary School
Free schools · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Farley Hill Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Arborfield Green
Ofsted · Good
Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery
Academy sponsor led · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Gorse Ride Infants' School
Community school · Ages 5-7 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Gorse Ride Junior School
Community school · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Grazeley Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
Hatch Ride Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Crowthorne
Ofsted · Good
Hawkedon Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Highwood Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
Hillside Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
Keep Hatch Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Lambs Lane Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
Loddon Primary School
Community school · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Nine Mile Ride Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 5-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Oaklands Infant School
Academy converter · Ages 4-7 · Mixed · Crowthorne
Ofsted · Good
Oaklands Junior School
Academy converter · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Crowthorne
Ofsted · Good
Polehampton Church of England Infant School
Academy converter · Ages 4-7 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Polehampton Church of England Junior School
Academy converter · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Not judged
Radstock Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
Rivermead Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Robert Piggott CofE Infant School
Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5-7 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Robert Piggott CofE Junior School
Voluntary controlled school · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Shinfield Infant and Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-7 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School
Academy converter · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
Sonning Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
South Lake Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Cecilia's CofE Primary School
Free schools · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Not judged yet
St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Woodley
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
St Paul's CofE Junior School
Voluntary controlled school · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
St Teresa's Catholic Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
The Colleton Primary School
Community school · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
The Coombes Church of England Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Requires improvement
The Hawthorns Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Not judged yet
The Piggott School
Academy converter · Ages 4-18 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Walter Infant School
Community school · Ages 3-7 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Not judged
Wescott Infant School
Academy converter · Ages 5-7 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Westende Junior School
Academy converter · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Wheatfield Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Winnersh
Ofsted · Good
Whiteknights Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Willow Bank Infant School
Academy converter · Ages 5-7 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
Willow Bank Junior School
Academy converter · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
Windmill Primary School and Nursery
Academy sponsor led · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Winnersh Primary School
Community school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Woodley CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5-11 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Secondary · 10
Bohunt School Wokingham
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Maiden Erlegh School
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Outstanding
Oakbank School
Free schools · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
St Crispin's School
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
The Bulmershe School
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
The Emmbrook School
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
The Forest School
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
The Holt School
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Girls · Wokingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
The Piggott School
Academy converter · Ages 4-18 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Waingels
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Special & other · 16
Addington School
Academy special converter · Ages 3-19 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Outstanding
Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham
Academy special sponsor led · Ages 8-16 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Crosfields School
Other independent school · Ages 3-16 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
Dolphin School
Other independent school · Ages 3-13 · Mixed
Not judged yet
High Close School
Non-maintained special school · Ages 7-18 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Holme Grange School
Other independent school · Ages 2-16 · Mixed · Wokingham
Not judged yet
Luckley House School
Other independent school · Ages 11-19 · Mixed
Not judged yet
Ludgrove School
Other independent school · Ages 8-13 · Boys
Not judged yet
Oak Tree School
Free schools special · Ages 5-19 · Mixed · Wokingham
Not judged yet
Odyssey House School
Other independent special school · Ages 7-18 · Mixed · Wokingham
Ofsted · Good
Our Lady's Preparatory School
Other independent school · Ages 0-11 · Mixed · Crowthorne
Not judged yet
Reading Blue Coat School
Other independent school · Ages 11-19 · Mixed · Berkshire
Not judged yet
Reddam House Berkshire
Other independent school · Ages 0-19 · Mixed · Wokingham
Not judged yet
Riseley Green School
Other independent special school · Ages 4-16 · Mixed · Reading
Not judged yet
The Vine Christian School
Other independent school · Ages 3-18 · Mixed · Reading
Ofsted · Good
Waverley Preparatory School & Day Nursery
Other independent school · Ages 0-11 · Mixed · Berkshire
Not judged yet
02 / HOW APPLYING WORKS HERE
One form, through Wokingham.
If you live in Wokingham, you apply through the council’s own portal — even for schools in another council’s area.
Preferences
List as many schools as the form allows — you’ll see the limit when you start your application. Rank in your true order; schools never see it.
Own-criteria schools
Some Wokingham secondaries are academies or faith schools that set their own entry criteria — check each school’s page for extra forms before the deadline.
Plain-English guides
Primary admissions, explained
The 15 January deadline and how Reception offers work.
Secondary admissions, explained
The 31 October deadline and the traps that come earlier.
How school appeals work
Your right to appeal, and honest odds of success.
Waiting lists, explained
How they're ordered, and why positions move both ways.
03 / NEARBY
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