Waingels
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Wokingham
Waingels Road, Reading, RG5 4RF
72
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.7%
32.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,382
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
1,331 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
166 of 166 families who put it first got an offer
202
Places offered
430
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 166 | 166 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 140 | 18 | ● 13% |
| 3rd preference | 75 | 4 | ● 5% |
| 4th preference | 49 | 5 | ● 10% |
| Total | 430 | 193 | 45% |
1st preference success by year
Wokingham lets families list 4 preferences. 21 applications came from outside the council area (10 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lindsey Humber
- Address
- Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4RF
- Phone
- 01189690336
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Ward / constituency
- Bulmershe & Coronation · Earley and Woodley
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 142166
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 13% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 24% | — | — |
| SEN support | 7% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ORCHARD LEARNING ALLIANCE
1,382 pupils · 1,331 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
07 June 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,246 pupils
Attendance
90.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
32.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.21 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 75% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.54 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.83 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 53.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 77% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 48.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.68 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 239 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 10.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 99 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 238 | 17% | 57% | 76% | |
| Mathematics | 237 | 29% | 67% | 85% | |
| English Literature | 235 | 16% | 59% | 78% | |
| Combined Science | 181 | 9% | 43% | 71% | |
| History | 135 | 20% | 55% | 67% | |
| Art and Design | 119 | 14% | 50% | 73% | |
| Business | 108 | 8% | 48% | 64% | |
| Geography | 102 | 31% | 61% | 76% | |
| Social Studies | 64 | 25% | 69% | 81% | |
| Biology | 55 | 51% | 91% | 100% | |
| Physics | 55 | 71% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 55 | 60% | 89% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 40 | 13% | 28% | 57% | |
| Mathematics | 40 | 10% | 25% | 40% | |
| Biology | 19 | 5% | 16% | 16% | |
| Business Studies | 19 | 5% | 21% | 47% | |
| History | 15 | 0% | 7% | 40% | |
| Physics | 14 | 7% | 21% | 29% | |
| Economics | 14 | 0% | 0% | 36% | |
| English Literature | 14 | 0% | 7% | 29% | |
| Chemistry | 12 | 8% | 17% | 25% | |
| Computer Science | 12 | 8% | 17% | 42% | |
| English Language | 12 | 0% | 8% | 33% | |
| Geography | 11 | 9% | 27% | 64% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 15487: Waingels College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 50% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 9% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 51% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Wokingham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.