School admissions in Wokingham

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 45 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

46 schools. 11 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Alder Grove Church of England Primary SchoolShinfield	2.00	58	not published
Sonning Church of England Primary SchoolReading	1.77	30	not published
St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary SchoolWoodley	1.75	59	not published
Evendons Primary SchoolWokingham	1.59	59	not published
The Colleton Primary SchoolReading	1.20	30	not published
Crazies Hill Church of England Primary SchoolReading	1.13	15	2.489 miles 2020
Farley Hill Primary SchoolArborfield Green	1.10	59	2.125 miles 2022
Aldryngton Primary SchoolReading	1.09	45	1.205 miles 2026
Hatch Ride Primary SchoolCrowthorne	1.07	30	not published
St Nicholas Church of England Primary, HurstWokingham	1.05	20	2.73 miles 2020
Wheatfield Primary School and NurseryWinnersh	1.03	30	not published
Radstock Primary SchoolReading	1.00	30	not published
St Cecilia's CofE Primary SchoolWokingham	1.00	30	not published
Whiteknights Primary SchoolReading	0.98	59	1.328 miles 2022
Floreat Montague Park Primary School and NurseryWokingham	0.98	54	not published
Keep Hatch Primary SchoolWokingham	0.97	33	not published
Loddon Primary SchoolReading	0.96	28	not published
Winnersh Primary SchoolWokingham	0.96	28	0.95 miles 2020
Hawkedon Primary SchoolReading	0.96	90	2.838 miles 2022
Emmbrook Infant SchoolWokingham	0.95	42	1.294 miles 2022
Wescott Infant SchoolWokingham	0.95	38	not published
Gorse Ride Infants' SchoolWokingham	0.93	30	1.632 miles 2026
St Teresa's Catholic AcademyWokingham	0.93	45	not published
Beechwood Primary SchoolReading	0.92	24	not published
Walter Infant SchoolWokingham	0.92	60	1.206 miles 2021
Oaklands Infant SchoolCrowthorne	0.90	60	not published
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolWokingham	0.88	8	not published
Rivermead Primary SchoolReading	0.87	54	0.551 miles 2023
Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolReading	0.87	30	not published
Windmill Primary School and NurseryWokingham	0.87	15	not published
The Hawthorns Primary SchoolWokingham	0.86	59	0.537 miles 2022
Polehampton Church of England Infant and Nursery SchoolReading	0.86	56	not published
Bearwood Primary SchoolWokingham	0.85	27	not published
Lambs Lane Primary SchoolReading	0.83	30	1.605 miles 2024
The Piggott SchoolReading	0.82	28	not published
Woodley CofE Primary SchoolReading	0.82	28	not published
Shinfield Infant and Nursery SchoolReading	0.81	90	0.841 miles 2020
Grazeley Church of England Primary SchoolReading	0.80	30	not published
Hillside Primary SchoolReading	0.78	59	2.103 miles 2025
South Lake Primary SchoolReading	0.78	59	0.856 miles 2023
Nine Mile Ride Primary SchoolWokingham	0.78	54	not published
Willow Bank Infant SchoolReading	0.77	60	1.574 miles 2021
Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School and NurseryWokingham	0.75	4	not published
Highwood Primary SchoolReading	0.74	39	not published
The Coombes Church of England Primary SchoolReading	0.64	47	not published
Finchampstead CofE VA Primary SchoolWokingham	0.53	15	not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

10 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
The Holt SchoolWokingham	1.16	237	not published
The Piggott SchoolReading	1.12	220	2.152 miles 2026
Maiden Erlegh SchoolReading	1.11	268	not published
Bohunt School WokinghamWokingham	1.02	267	not published
St Crispin's SchoolWokingham	0.96	222	2.277 miles 2025
The Emmbrook SchoolWokingham	0.90	221	5.425 miles 2025
The Bulmershe SchoolReading	0.88	233	1.17 miles 2026
The Forest SchoolWokingham	0.78	239	3.898 miles 2026
WaingelsReading	0.74	235	not published
Oakbank SchoolReading	0.33	43	not published