Open the map

Schools by area › Wokingham › Wescott Infant School

Wescott Infant School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy

Goodchild Road, Wokingham RG40 2EN · wescottinfant.co.uk · 0118 978 6313

On the mapSearch near RG40 2EN

Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
Last distance offered
No limit
Reception, September 2026 entry · Wokingham Council
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
116
69% of 168 places
Local authority
Wokingham
Free school meals
6%
First language not English
22.4%
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, 36 families put the school first and 38 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 47 (Places 51)47September 2023: 29 (Places 33)29September 2024: 27 (Places 30)27September 2025: 42 (Places 45)42September 2026: 36 (Places 38)36Places 38
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202638360.9100%
September 2025Sept 202545420.9100%
September 2024Sept 202430270.9100%
September 2023Sept 202333290.9100%
September 2022Sept 202251470.9100%

Ofsted

Wescott Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
14 Nov 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early yearsOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2010

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109837), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Dec 2010Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109837)

  • Dec 2006Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109837)

What parents said

96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (67 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
96%
Replies
67
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▲98% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲98% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲99% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●86% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲98% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲98% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲99% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲99% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲93% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲93% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 61% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼43% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 7% who had a child bullied

Also near this school

All schools in Wokingham