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Westende Junior School

Primary · Wokingham · RG40 2EJ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 April 2025

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At a glance

241 pupils · 100% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
19.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.westende.wokingham.sch.uk/
URN
148014

In figures

At its inspection on 29 April 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 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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: Year 3

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

Cutoff by admission criterion (2022 entry)

F (Designated Area)
0.215 miles

2022 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
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
Maple Primary SchoolSt Albans · 32 miles awayStrong standard93%
Hillmead Primary SchoolBishop's Stortford · 52 miles awayGood77%
Lyneham Primary SchoolChippenham · 50 miles awayExpected standard61%
Handforth Grange Primary SchoolWilmslow · 146 miles awayOutstanding74%
St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBracknell · 3 miles awayGood48%
Hardingstone AcademyNorthampton · 55 miles awayGood56%
Totternhoe Church of England AcademyDunstable · 34 miles awayNeeds attention18%
Ridgeway Farm CofE AcademySwindon · 45 miles awayGood58%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 39 miles awayGood82%
Wellfield Junior SchoolSale · 153 miles awayGood71%
Kiwi Primary SchoolSalisbury · 42 miles awayRequires improvement32%
St Georges Church SchoolWeston-Super-Mare · 90 miles awayGood67%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
9 of 12 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 56% (Wokingham 54%, England 60%) · Asian Chinese 9% (Wokingham 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 7% (Wokingham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 5% (Wokingham 11%, England 4%) · Any other White background 5% (Wokingham 7%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Wokingham 5%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Wokingham 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Wokingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 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)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.26 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
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

69.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 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 £50,496; 21.4% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,189
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £431,000; in-year balance +£93,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier49.4%62.3%
Social housing14.3%17.1%
Privately rented36.3%20.5%
Detached houses14.5%22.9%
Flats46.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016696 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£435,000484 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£315,000–£590,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (125)£747,500
Semi-detached (97)£500,000
Terraced (89)£390,000
Flat (173)£280,000

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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
23an 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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