Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School

About Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School

If you're looking for a school where parents feel their child is genuinely happy and safe, Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School sends a very strong signal. In the most recent Parent View survey, covering the period from September 2024 to September 2025, a remarkable 96% of the 78 respondents said they would recommend the school to other parents. The numbers behind that headline are striking: 78% of parents strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 88% strongly agreed that their child feels safe. The school is also clearly popular with local families. For the 2025/26 reception intake, it received 118 applications for just 28 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 4.21. Of those, 51 families put it as their first preference, and 27 of those were offered a place. This level of demand suggests a school that has built a strong reputation within the Bracknell Forest community.

Academically, the picture is one of solid, steady progress rather than headline-grabbing results. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is below the Bracknell Forest local authority average of 63%, and places the school 18th out of 23 primary schools in the area. However, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, rated it Good overall, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2016. The inspection found that leadership and management, as well as early years provision, are both Good. Looking at individual subjects, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, with an average score of 105, and 76% did so in writing. Maths was a weaker spot, with 62% at the expected standard and an average score of 103. The school's progress scores are not available, so it's hard to judge how much value it adds, but the Ofsted report noted that standards are maintained.

Winkfield St Mary's is a Church of England primary school for children aged 5 to 11, with a current roll of 203 pupils against a capacity of 210. It has a relatively low proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 8.9%. The school offers a range of facilities including a sports hall, library, ICT suite, art studios and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, netball, football and rounders, while clubs range from gardening and eco club to drama and science club. For families with children who have special educational needs, the school lists provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. The Parent View data on SEND support is mixed: 45% of parents strongly agreed that the school gives SEND children the support they need, but 9% strongly disagreed. This is a school that clearly inspires strong feelings of loyalty among most parents, but it is heavily oversubscribed, so getting a place is far from guaranteed.

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