Willow Bank Junior School
Primary · Reading · RG5 4RW
Data updated
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 22 March 2023
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235 pupils · 98% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- Website
- www.willowbankjunior.com
- URN
- 149954
In figures
An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% 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 (2023 entry)
- Designated area
- 0.2 miles
2023 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
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Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 71% (Wokingham 54%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 7% (Wokingham 5%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 3% (Wokingham 11%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Wokingham 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Wokingham 7%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Wokingham 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Wokingham 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Wokingham 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Wokingham 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Wokingham 1%, England 0%) · White Irish 1% (Wokingham 0%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,496; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
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 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 46.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 8.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 53.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 55.3% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 92.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 5.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 78.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 2.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 68.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 6.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016622 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £465,000305 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £370,000–£575,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 6an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an 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