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Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School

Primary · Wokingham · RG40 4JR

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 July 2025

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At a glance

108 pupils · 91% of 119 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
1.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.finchampsteadschool.org/
URN
110012

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.53 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 2.396 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. At its inspection on 1 July 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.53 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · usually has places

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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.396 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
87%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
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 school87%
Median of its 12 closest peers78.5%
Wokingham average72.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Croft Church of England Primary SchoolDarlington · 218 miles awayGood92%
The Bramptons Primary SchoolNorthampton · 64 miles awayGood92%
Wrawby St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolBrigg · 153 miles awayGood90%
Preshute Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough · 39 miles awayGood63%
Swithland St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough · 94 miles awayGood100%
Blacko Primary SchoolNelson · 182 miles awayExpected standard75%
Gosforth CofE Primary School and NurserySeascale · 237 miles awayGood81%
Hayton CofE Primary SchoolBrampton · 258 miles awayOutstanding88%
Ewelme CofE Primary SchoolWallingford · 20 miles awayGood50%
Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-SchoolRoyston · 62 miles awayStrong standard73%
Grateley Primary SchoolAndover · 35 miles awayGood60%
Flyford Flavell Primary SchoolWorcester · 76 miles awayExpected standard76%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (Wokingham 54%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (Wokingham 7%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 5% (Wokingham 11%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Wokingham 5%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Wokingham 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Wokingham 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Wokingham 3%, England 2%)

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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
22
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% 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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,616; 11.1% 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£7,315
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£10,228; in-year balance -£49,138

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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 higher48.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86%62.3%
Social housing6.4%17.1%
Privately rented7.6%20.5%
Detached houses72.7%22.9%
Flats7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms64.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016640 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£734,00020 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£500,000–£1,117,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£975,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.86 km, 2021 entry): 1,328 sales, median £525,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

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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