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St Crispin's School

Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Wokingham

London Road, Wokingham, RG40 1SS

Website 01189781144

78

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

95%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

94.1%

14.9% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,549

Capacity used

Over capacity

103%

1,500 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

95%

1st preference success rate

225 of 237 families who put it first got an offer

252

Places offered

745

Total applications

3.0

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference237225● 95%
2nd preference24221● 9%
3rd preference1663● 2%
4th preference1003● 3%
Total74525234%

1st preference success by year

73%
2020
86%
2021
100%
2022
91%
2023
90%
2024
95%
2025

Wokingham lets families list 4 preferences. 64 applications came from outside the council area (7 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
Peter Griffiths
Address
London Road, Wokingham, RG40 1SS
Phone
01189781144
Local authority
Wokingham
Ward / constituency
Wescott · Wokingham
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
145286

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals14%——
English as additional language27%——
SEN support9%——
61% boys (942)39% girls (607)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: THE CIRCLE TRUST

1,549 pupils · 1,500 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 26

    06 May 2026

    S5 Inspection · report card

    InclusionStrong standard
    AchievementExpected standard
    Safeguarding standardsMet
    Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
    Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
    Leadership and governanceExpected standard
    Early yearsNot applicable
    Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
    Post-16 provisionExpected standard
  2. 22

    05 May 2022

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,269 pupils

Attendance

94.1%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

5.9%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

14.9%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

1.8%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.1%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

7%
20/21
16%
21/22
16%
22/23
15%
23/24
15%
24/25

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

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score54.5——
Progress 8 score0.52—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths63%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths81%——
EBacc average point score4.94——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry36.07——

Average grade: B- (England B-)

GCSE results over time

54.2201956.5202253202354.5202451.72025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 851.746
Grade 5+ English & maths58%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths74.5%65%
Entering EBacc44.8%40%
EBacc average point score4.714.1
Pupils in cohort212—

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.

Disadvantaged pupils
-0.77
Other pupils
+0.65
Low prior attainers
+0.30
Middle prior attainers
+0.50
High prior attainers
+0.70
Girls
+0.42
Boys
+0.58

A-level results over time

29.98201939.82202237.05202336.07202435.72025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry35.735
Average gradeB-—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)12.1%17%
A-level students117—

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.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
English Language21020%63%77%
Mathematics20830%70%81%
English Literature20125%55%74%
Combined Science15512%52%75%
Business15132%70%85%
History10522%57%71%
Geography7441%64%73%
Art and Design7238%67%79%
Computer Science5934%73%88%
French5730%67%81%
Biology5080%100%100%
Physics5082%100%100%

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Mathematics398%26%54%
Psychology313%13%42%
Business Studies2512%44%80%
Sociology239%13%35%
Geography186%17%50%
Computer Science186%22%56%
Media / Film / TV Studies180%6%39%
Chemistry170%6%41%
Economics1724%59%82%
Biology166%31%50%
Physics1414%21%36%
History128%25%42%

Oxbridge

<32020<32021<32023≤5202402025

Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 14805: St Crispins School, Wokingham

Cambridge admissions12025
Applications≤5
Offers0
Success rate—
Accepted offers0

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

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)69%——
Apprenticeships6%——
Any education or training69%——

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Wokingham council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Year 7 (secondary)31 October1 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.