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Emmbrook Infant School

Primary Ages 2-7 182 pupils Wokingham
Ofsted: Outstanding
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Emmbrook Infant School is an academy converter in Wokingham for pupils aged 2 to 7. It has 182 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Emmbrook Infant School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2019 of its predecessor, Emmbrook Infant School.

Ofsted inspection: February 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-7
Religion Does not apply
Address Emmbrook Infant School
Emmbrook Road
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 1JR
Reference Number 149722

General Makeup

Number of pupils 182
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.9%
Girls: 51.1%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 11.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 15.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 34 26 60
2 29 32 61

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 60.4%
Mixed, Other 9.3%
Asian, Other 5.5%
White, Other 4.9%
White & Asian 4.4%
Indian 3.3%
Chinese 2.2%
Unclassified 2.2%
White & Black (African) 1.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
Pakistani 1.1%
African 0.5%
Irish 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Emmbrook Infant School, inspected in January 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Report Date 07 Jan 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
07 Jan 2025 School inspection
05 Jul 2023 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 33 1
Third Preference 33 0
From another Local Authority 3 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Emmbrook Infant School had 182 pupils for 180 places. That is 2 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Wokingham Town West Neighbourhood Primary” planning area

Wokingham counted 306 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 299 in 2029–30, down 2%.

20242025
Places 180180
Pupils 184182
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Emmbrook Infant School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 3.4%4.3%
Unauthorised absence 0.7%0.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.8%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Emmbrook Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.0
Permanent exclusions 00

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Emmbrook Infant School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202420252026
Pupils per adult 7.67.57.7
Teachers who left state teaching 15.3%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 71.4%69.2%–
Sick days per teacher 2.55.3–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 4.9% of pupils at Emmbrook Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 3 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 4
Hearing impairment 1 3
No specialist assessment of need 4 0
Speech, language and communication needs 3 1
Social, emotional and mental health 0 3
Down's syndrome 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Emmbrook Infant School received £8,778 and spent £8,997 for each of its 183 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £16,000 (£90 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of The Circle Trust, income was £6,360 and spending £6,297 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20242025
Revenue reserve £38,000£16,000
per pupil £211£90
In-year balance -£61,000-£40,000
per pupil -£335-£220

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Emmbrook Junior School
Emmbrook Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1JR
0 miles
St Cecilia's CofE Primary School
Howlett Grove, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1BJ
0.4 miles
Windmill Primary School and Nursery
Fernlea Drive, Woosehill, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 3DR
0.69 miles
The Hawthorns Primary School
Northway, Woosehill, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 3PQ
0.7 miles
Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery
Woodward Close, Winnersh, Berkshire, RG41 5UU
0.71 miles
St Paul's CofE Junior School
Oxford Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 2YJ
0.74 miles
Walter Infant School
Murray Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 2TA
0.76 miles
Winnersh Primary School
Greenwood Grove, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5LH
1.07 miles
All Saints Church of England Primary School
Norreys Avenue, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1UX
1.33 miles
Bearwood Primary School
Bearwood Road, Sindlesham, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5BB
1.33 miles
Keep Hatch Primary School
Ashridge Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1PG
1.35 miles
Wescott Infant School
Goodchild Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 2EN
1.41 miles
St Teresa's Catholic Academy
Easthampstead Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 2EB
1.44 miles
Westende Junior School
Seaford Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 2EJ
1.51 miles
Evendons Primary School
161 Finchampstead Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 3HD
1.9 miles
Ludgrove School
2.03 miles
St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst
School Road, Hurst, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG10 0DR
2.06 miles
Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery
William Heelas Way, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1BG
2.23 miles
Waverley Preparatory School & Day Nursery
Waverley Way, Berkshire, RG40 4YD
2.31 miles
Hawkedon Primary School
Hawkedon Way, Lower Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 3AP
2.33 miles
Name Distance
The Emmbrook School
Emmbrook Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1JP
0.14 miles
The Holt School
Holt Lane, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1EE
0.65 miles
Oak Tree School
Woodward Close, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5LP
0.68 miles
High Close School
Wiltshire Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1TS
1.06 miles
The Forest School
Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5NE
1.21 miles
Reddam House Berkshire
Bearwood Road, Wokingham, RG41 5BG
1.45 miles
St Crispin's School
London Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1SS
1.57 miles
Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham
Gipsy Lane, Wokingham, RG40 2HR
1.68 miles
Luckley House School
1.83 miles
Odyssey House School
Buckhurst Court, London Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1PA
2.49 miles
Holme Grange School
Heathlands Road, Wokingham, RG40 3AL
2.5 miles
Cressex Lodge School
Cressex Lodge, Terrace Road South, Binfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG42 4DE
2.8 miles
Dolphin School
2.95 miles
King's Academy Binfield
St. Georges Park, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 4FS
3.21 miles
Maiden Erlegh School
Silverdale Rd, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7HS
3.25 miles
Waingels
Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 4RF
3.27 miles
Hawthorn Academy
Old Wokingham Road, Wokingham, RG40 3BT
3.32 miles
Addington School
Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3EU
3.47 miles
King's Academy Easthampstead Park
Ringmead, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 8FS
3.47 miles
The Bulmershe School
Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3EU
3.51 miles

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Emmbrook Infant School is part of The Circle Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

What is Emmbrook Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Emmbrook Infant School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2019 of its predecessor, Emmbrook Infant School.

When was Emmbrook Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Emmbrook Infant School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Emmbrook Infant School have?

Emmbrook Infant School has 182 pupils on roll.

What age range does Emmbrook Infant School cover?

Emmbrook Infant School for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Emmbrook Infant School?

Emmbrook Infant School is at Emmbrook Infant School, Emmbrook Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1JR.

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