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The Bulmershe School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,530Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 149611URN

Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3EU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Not yet inspected

As the previous school: Good2017

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.3 above Wokingham median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Wokingham

662 applications for 233 places · 5th of 9 in Wokingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.6of 90
7th of 10 in Wokingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Not yet inspected under its current URN (since Feb 2024)

For Ofsted a new URN is a new school: earlier results are the previous school's, shown as such. New schools are usually first inspected in their third year.

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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
2.8applications per place, Year 7
0.3 above Wokingham median (2.6) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

662 applications · 233 places offered · 206 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Wokingham median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.8; Wokingham median median 2.8
  3. 2024 3.3; Wokingham median median 3.0
  4. 2023 3.0; Wokingham median median 2.9; as the previous school
  5. 2022 3.5; Wokingham median median 2.6; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.8; Wokingham median median 3.0; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.7; Wokingham median median 3.0; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.9; Wokingham median median 2.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.6; Wokingham median median 2.5; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.5; Wokingham median median 2.3; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.5; Wokingham median median 2.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.8; Wokingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Wokingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Wokingham median

Dashed bars: as The Bulmershe School (URN 110062), 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 20262336622.82060.88
Sep 20252486822.82010.81
Sep 20242488143.32450.99
Sep 2023 *2517463.02120.84
Sep 2022 *2368233.52320.98
Sep 2021 *2396662.82310.97
Sep 2020 *2366412.72070.88
Sep 2019 *2326732.92150.93
Sep 2018 *2345962.62170.93
Sep 2017 *2355952.51790.76
Sep 2016 *2115332.51610.76
Sep 2015 *1413992.8930.66
Sep 2014 *1923381.8880.46

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

251 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.67th of 10 in Wokingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths53%8th of 10 in Wokingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%
  • This school
  • Wokingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.14
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25150.653%73%–
2024/2523850.756%73%–
2023/24 *23846.046%69%−0.14
2022/23 *23647.551%71%+0.16

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

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
149611 · 872/4051
Trust
The Corvus Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,400 pupils · 1,530 on roll
Free school meals
16.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2024
Replaced
The Bulmershe School (URN 110062)
Address
Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3EU
Local authority
Wokingham

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