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Willow Bank Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Duffield Road, Woodley, Reading RG5 4RW · willowbankinfant.com · 0118 969 5452
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2022
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 152
- 84% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Free school meals
- 3.9%
- First language not English
- 13.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 46 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 98% 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 | 60 | 46 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 39 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 48 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 July 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Willow Bank Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 5 Jul 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109889)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109889), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109889)
Oct 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109889)