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Grazeley Church of England Primary School

Primary · Reading · RG7 1JY

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Good

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 24 June 2025

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At a glance

204 pupils · 97% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.8% of pupils (January 2026)
Website
www.grazeley.wokingham.sch.uk/
URN
151924

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.80 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 24 June 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 6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.80 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · usually has places

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

5 (Benefice of Loddon Reach)
1.359 miles

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 72% (Wokingham 54%, England 60%) · White Gypsy/Roma 10% (Wokingham 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Wokingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Wokingham 7%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Wokingham 11%, England 4%) · Black African 2% (Wokingham 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Wokingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Wokingham 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wokingham 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 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)
6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.5%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.2
England 18.5

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 £50,827; 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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.7%62.3%
Social housing4.7%17.1%
Privately rented18.6%20.5%
Detached houses40.1%22.9%
Flats5.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035264 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£472,500236 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£369,500–£620,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (95)£630,000
Semi-detached (66)£466,000
Terraced (53)£365,000
Flat (22)£215,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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
1a 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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