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The Coombes Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
School Road, Arborfield, Reading RG2 9NX · thecoombes.com · 0118 976 0751
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wokingham 71%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Wokingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 338
- 80% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.4%
- First language not English
- 18.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Wokingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 47 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 47 | 30 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 26 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 26 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 23 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 17 | 16 | 0.9 | 94% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Wokingham it was 71%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135617)
Ofsted
The Coombes Church of England Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 2 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135617), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135617)
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (85 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 85
- 23% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (20%) with SEND