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The Emmbrook School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Emmbrook Road, Wokingham RG41 1JP · emmbrook.wokingham.sch.uk · 0118 978 4406

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
50.7
average Attainment 8 score. Wokingham 53.2, England 46
Last distance offered
5.40 mi
8.69 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Criterion E · Wokingham Council
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,354
135 over 1,219 places · 111%
Local authority
Wokingham
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
12.1%
First language not English
19.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Circle Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion E” went to a home 5.40 mi (8.69 km) from the school. Source: Wokingham Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 198 families put the school first and 221 places were offered; 91% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 174 (Places 240)174September 2023: 196 (Places 251)196September 2024: 177 (Places 235)177September 2025: 194 (Places 237)194September 2026: 198 (Places 221)198Places 221
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262211980.991%
September 2025Sept 20252371940.899%
September 2024Sept 20242351770.8100%
September 2023Sept 20232511960.895%
September 2022Sept 20222401740.799%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Criterion EDistance
September 20265.40 mi8.69 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.7, and 55.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wokingham it was 53.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (36.1 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 45.9 (England 46.3)45.92017/18: 47.0 (England 46.5)47.02018/19: 46.9 (England 46.7)46.92021/22: 48.2 (England 48.8)48.22022/23: 42.9 (England 46.3)42.92023/24: 48.3 (England 45.9)48.32024/25: 50.7 (England 46.0)50.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲50.746.0
▲55.7%45.4%
▲73.6%64.8%
▼20.3%40.5%
▲4.424.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110060)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form45.3+1.5
Sixth form college12.3+5
Further education32.5−3.3
Other education0.5—
Apprenticeship2.4−0.5
Employment1.9+0.4
Not in a lasting destination3.3−0.3
Activity not captured1.9−3.2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 30.0 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 32.9 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 29.4 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 32.4 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 34.5 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 28.7 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 39.3 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 36.1 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
62 studentsB- (36.1)Well above average +0.48
62 studentsB- (36.1)Well above average +0.48
9 studentsMerit (24.8)Average -0.06
21.8%AAB or better
89.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2452B (39.3)+0.67
2022/2364C (28.7)—
2021/2287C+ (34.5)—
2018/1961C+ (32.4)+0.12
2017/1893C (29.4)-0.05
2016/1789C+ (32.9)-0.09
2015/16115C (30)+0.05

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University55.9+3.1
Other education3.4+1.1
Apprenticeship3.4−2.2
Employment18.6−7.2
Not in a lasting destination15.3+5.2
Activity not captured3.40

Ofsted

The Emmbrook School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
17 Oct 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2017

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110060), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110060)

  • Mar 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110060)

What parents said

94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (368 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
94%
Replies
368
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▲96% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲91% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲90% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲91% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●84% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲90% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲98% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲88% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲91% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 74% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲63% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 32% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲79% agreeEngland 67%

based on 85 parents (23%) with SEND

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