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Bearwood Primary School

Primary · Wokingham · RG41 5BB

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 5 June 2024

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At a glance

223 pupils · 106% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
32.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.bearwood-pri.wokingham.sch.uk
URN
109836

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.85 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 5 June 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 23 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

44 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
Wokingham average72.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolAltrincham · 150 miles awayGood62%
St Edward's Catholic Junior SchoolAylesbury · 27 miles awayNo current grade80%
Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolLancaster · 197 miles awayGood63%
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolBristol · 70 miles awayNeeds attention46%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolSale · 151 miles awayStrong standard77%
Our Lady Catholic Primary SchoolHitchin · 46 miles awayGood57%
Abbots Farm Junior SchoolRugby · 67 miles awayRequires improvement62%
Brookwood Primary SchoolWoking · 13 miles awayGood53%
The Ryde SchoolHatfield · 38 miles awayGood69%
Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · 159 miles awayGood48%
Willen Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 45 miles awayGood73%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolSale · 151 miles awayGood79%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 53% (Wokingham 54%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 16% (Wokingham 11%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Wokingham 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 4% (Wokingham 1%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Wokingham 4%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Wokingham 7%, England 7%) · Black African 3% (Wokingham 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Wokingham 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Wokingham 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Wokingham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Wokingham 5%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Wokingham 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.88 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wokingham: 1.69 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% moved to another state school · 16% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

53.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,505; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,442
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £151,241; in-year balance +£22,977

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.3%62.3%
Social housing9.8%17.1%
Privately rented10.9%20.5%
Detached houses46%22.9%
Flats9.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms44.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016703 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£455,000117 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£360,000–£575,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (42)£581,000
Semi-detached (21)£460,000
Terraced (37)£410,000
Flat (17)£270,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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