Most sought-after schools in Wokingham

Ordered by how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out.

This list is sorted by one number: first preferences per place. For each school it is the number of families who named it first, divided by the number of offers it made, in the newest year we hold. A higher number means more families wanted a place than there were places.

This is not a list of the best schools. It does not measure how good a school is, how happy the children are, or how well they do. It also does not tell you whether a child would get a place: that depends on where you live, the year, and the council's rules. It only shows how many people applied.

#	School	First preferences per place	Newest intake	Latest Ofsted
1	Alder Grove Church of England Primary School Shinfield, primary	2.00	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
2	Sonning Church of England Primary School Reading, primary	1.77	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
3	St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School Woodley, primary	1.75	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
4	Evendons Primary School Wokingham, primary	1.59	2026	School remains Outstanding (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
5	The Colleton Primary School Reading, primary	1.20	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
6	The Holt School Wokingham, secondary	1.16	2026	Outstanding (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
7	Crazies Hill Church of England Primary School Reading, primary	1.13	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
8	The Piggott School Reading, all through	1.12	2026	School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
9	Maiden Erlegh School Reading, secondary	1.11	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
10	Farley Hill Primary School Arborfield Green, primary	1.10	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
11	Aldryngton Primary School Reading, primary	1.09	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
12	Hatch Ride Primary School Crowthorne, primary	1.07	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
13	St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst Wokingham, primary	1.05	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
14	Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery Winnersh, primary	1.03	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
15	Bohunt School Wokingham Wokingham, secondary	1.02	2026	Improved significantly (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
16	Radstock Primary School Reading, primary	1.00	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
17	Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery Wokingham, primary	0.98	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
18	Whiteknights Primary School Reading, primary	0.98	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
19	Keep Hatch Primary School Wokingham, primary	0.97	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
20	Hawkedon Primary School Reading, primary	0.96	2026	none held
21	Loddon Primary School Reading, primary	0.96	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
22	St Crispin's School Wokingham, secondary	0.96	2026	Expected standard (Ofsted report card (current framework))
23	Winnersh Primary School Wokingham, primary	0.96	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
24	Emmbrook Infant School Wokingham, primary	0.95	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
25	Wescott Infant School Wokingham, primary	0.95	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
26	Gorse Ride Infants' School Wokingham, primary	0.93	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
27	St Teresa's Catholic Academy Wokingham, primary	0.93	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
28	Beechwood Primary School Reading, primary	0.92	2026	Requires improvement (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
29	Walter Infant School Wokingham, primary	0.92	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
30	Oaklands Infant School Crowthorne, primary	0.90	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
31	The Emmbrook School Wokingham, secondary	0.90	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
32	The Bulmershe School Reading, secondary	0.88	2026	none held
33	Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School Reading, primary	0.87	2026	Expected standard (Ofsted report card (current framework))
34	Rivermead Primary School Reading, primary	0.87	2026	Expected standard (Ofsted report card (current framework))
35	Windmill Primary School and Nursery Wokingham, primary	0.87	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
36	Polehampton Church of England Infant School Reading, primary	0.86	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
37	The Hawthorns Primary School Wokingham, primary	0.86	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
38	Bearwood Primary School Wokingham, primary	0.85	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
39	Lambs Lane Primary School Reading, primary	0.83	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
40	Woodley CofE Primary School Reading, primary	0.82	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
41	Shinfield Infant and Nursery School Reading, primary	0.81	2026	Standards maintained (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
42	Grazeley Church of England Primary School Reading, primary	0.80	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
43	Hillside Primary School Reading, primary	0.78	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
44	Nine Mile Ride Primary School Wokingham, primary	0.78	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
45	South Lake Primary School Reading, primary	0.78	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
46	The Forest School Wokingham, secondary	0.78	2026	Expected standard (Ofsted report card (current framework))
47	Willow Bank Infant School Reading, primary	0.77	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
48	Highwood Primary School Reading, primary	0.74	2026	Good (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
49	Waingels Reading, secondary	0.74	2026	School remains Good (Ofsted ungraded inspection)
50	The Coombes Church of England Primary School Reading, primary	0.64	2026	Requires improvement (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
51	Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School Wokingham, primary	0.53	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))
52	Oakbank School Reading, secondary	0.33	2026	Not judged (Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework))

Figures from the Department for Education, applications and offers. 52 schools in Wokingham have a published per-place figure. Schools with too few places for the figure to mean anything are left off. All schools in Wokingham · How we compare schools.