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Waingels

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,382Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 142166URN

Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4RF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodApr 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.6 below Wokingham median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Wokingham

455 applications for 235 places · 9th of 9 in Wokingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
53.3of 90
5th of 10 in Wokingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodApr 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2023

Inspection history

  1. 7 June 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Wokingham median (2.6) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

455 applications · 235 places offered · 173 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Wokingham median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.1; Wokingham median median 2.8
  3. 2024 2.2; Wokingham median median 3.0
  4. 2023 2.0; Wokingham median median 2.9
  5. 2022 2.4; Wokingham median median 2.6
  6. 2021 1.8; Wokingham median median 3.0
  7. 2020 2.0; Wokingham median median 3.0
  8. 2019 2.0; Wokingham median median 2.6
  9. 2018 1.9; Wokingham median median 2.5
  10. 2017 1.9; Wokingham median median 2.3
  11. 2016 2.2; Wokingham median median 2.5
  12. 2015 2.0; Wokingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; Wokingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Wokingham median in 0 of 11 years.
  • This school
  • Wokingham median

Dashed bars: as Waingels College (URN 110070), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262354551.91730.74
Sep 20252024302.11660.82
Sep 20242375272.21840.78
Sep 20232655362.01950.74
Sep 20222365662.42160.92
Sep 20212694791.81600.59
Sep 20202344732.01830.78
Sep 20192384712.01870.79
Sep 20182254301.91570.70
Sep 20172083861.91580.76
Sep 20162004472.21670.84
Sep 2015 *2354782.02100.89
Sep 2014 *2375132.22070.87

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

253 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)53.35th of 10 in Wokingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths61%5th of 10 in Wokingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%
  • This school
  • Wokingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.21
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25353.361%79%–
2024/2523950.854%77%–
2023/2423950.658%75%+0.21
2022/2321549.054%74%+0.13

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
142166 · 872/4060
Trust
Orchard Learning Alliance
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,331 pupils · 1,382 on roll
Free school meals
13.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2015
Replaced
Waingels College (URN 110070)
Address
Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4RF
Local authority
Wokingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources