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Academy sponsor led · Wokingham

The Coombes Church of England Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 338Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 144637URN

School Road, Arborfield, Reading, RG2 9NX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.8 below Wokingham median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Wokingham

87 applications for 47 places · 41st of 43 in Wokingham
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
75%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 2 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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, Reception
0.8 below Wokingham median (2.6) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

87 applications · 47 places offered · 30 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.9; Wokingham median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.4; Wokingham median median 2.7
  3. 2024 1.7; Wokingham median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.2; Wokingham median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.8; Wokingham median median 2.7
  6. 2021 1.2; Wokingham median median 2.5
  7. 2020 1.2; Wokingham median median 2.6
  8. 2019 1.7; Wokingham median median 2.6
  9. 2018 1.6; Wokingham median median 2.4
  10. 2017 1.9; Wokingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.5; Wokingham median median 2.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.3; Wokingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Wokingham median median 2.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Wokingham median in 1 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Wokingham median

Dashed bars: as The Coombes Church of England Primary School (URN 135617), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 202647871.9300.64
Sep 202548671.4260.54
Sep 202444761.7260.59
Sep 202350601.2230.46
Sep 202217472.8160.94
Sep 202166791.2340.52
Sep 202065771.2320.49
Sep 201943731.7260.60
Sep 201841651.6340.83
Sep 2017 *44841.9400.91
Sep 2016 *741822.5741.00
Sep 2015 *751722.3720.96
Sep 2014 *751552.1650.87

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 85% · Maths 83% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%13th of 36 in Wokingham
Reading
Expected standard83%
Higher standard40%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard85%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard83%
Higher standard35%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Wokingham median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2575%10%107107
2023/2446%4%103103
2022/2362%8%105105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
144637 · 872/2006
Trust
The Keys Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
420 pupils · 338 on roll
Free school meals
16.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
The Coombes Church of England Primary School (URN 135617)
Address
School Road, Arborfield, Reading, RG2 9NX
Local authority
Wokingham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources