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Whiteknights Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Fairlawn Green, Shinfield Rise, Reading RG2 8EP · whiteknights.wokingham.sch.uk · 0118 987 2588
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 95%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wokingham 71%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.27 mi
- 3.65 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criterion 6 · Wokingham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 453
- 96% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- First language not English
- 48.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 6” went to a home 2.27 mi (3.65 km) from the school. Source: Wokingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 97% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 68 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criterion 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.27 mi3.65 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 95% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 34% 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 | |||
| ▲95% | 62% | ||
| ▲34% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲112 | 105 | ||
| ▲112 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109839)
Ofsted
Whiteknights Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Dec 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109839), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109839)
Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109839)
Sept 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109839)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (62 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 62
- 13% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied