Shinfield Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Wokingham
School Green, Reading, RG2 9EH
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
81%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.7%
14.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
303
Capacity used
Nearly full92%
330 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
81%
1st preference success rate
72 of 89 families who put it first got an offer
90
Places offered
239
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 89 | 72 | ● 81% |
| 2nd preference | 107 | 17 | ● 16% |
| 3rd preference | 31 | 1 | ● 3% |
| 4th preference | 12 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 239 | 90 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
Wokingham lets families list 4 preferences. 5 applications came from outside the council area (0 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
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Nicola Lauchlan
- Address
- School Green, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9EH
- Phone
- 01189883389
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Ward / constituency
- Shinfield · Earley and Woodley
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 147249
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 8% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 23% | — | — |
| SEN support | 3% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE CIRCLE TRUST
303 pupils · 330 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
26 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 185 pupils
Attendance
94.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
14.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
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.