Oakbank School
Secondary · Reading · RG7 1ER
Data updated
Ofsted category of concern
A formal designation, not a grade. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 13 November 2024
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300 pupils · 54% of 560 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- Website
- www.oakbankschool.co.uk
- URN
- 152100
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 43 Year 7 places, 0.33 first choices per place. We hold 8 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 13 November 2024 Ofsted placed it in a category of concern (Special measures). In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 16.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.33 first-choice applications per place43 places offered · 14 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2022 entry)
- Criterion F
- 1.815 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
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GCSE results (2024/2025)
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Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 67% (Wokingham 52%, England 59%) · Black African 7% (Wokingham 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Wokingham 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Wokingham 7%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Wokingham 5%, England 5%) · Not recorded 3% (Wokingham 5%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Wokingham 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Wokingham 8%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wokingham 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Wokingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Wokingham 3%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Wokingham 0%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 3%)
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)
12.82% of teaching posts vacant, 4.27% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,469; 31.6% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 58.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 4.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 62.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 4.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 62.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 86.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 6.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 7.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 35.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 17.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 34.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 2.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035265 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £465,500374 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £369,000–£590,000the 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
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 1an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0an 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