The Bulmershe School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Wokingham
Woodlands Avenue, Reading, RG5 3EU
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
92%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.9%
18.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,530
Capacity used
Over capacity109%
1,400 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
92%
1st preference success rate
185 of 201 families who put it first got an offer
248
Places offered
682
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 201 | 185 | ● 92% |
| 2nd preference | 216 | 45 | ● 21% |
| 3rd preference | 165 | 13 | ● 8% |
| 4th preference | 100 | 5 | ● 5% |
| Total | 682 | 248 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Wokingham lets families list 4 preferences. 200 applications came from outside the council area (82 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
- Amanda Woodfin
- Address
- Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3EU
- Phone
- 01189353353
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Ward / constituency
- Bulmershe & Coronation · Earley and Woodley
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149611
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 17% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE CORVUS LEARNING TRUST
1,530 pupils · 1,400 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsAttendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,286 pupils
Attendance
92.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
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 over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 56.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 27.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.48 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 238 | — |
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 | 37.24 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 26.2% | 17% |
| A-level students | 111 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 235 | 31% | 66% | 82% | |
| English Language | 233 | 21% | 56% | 69% | |
| English Literature | 232 | 25% | 66% | 77% | |
| Combined Science | 145 | 3% | 32% | 55% | |
| Geography | 129 | 30% | 62% | 70% | |
| History | 124 | 35% | 59% | 60% | |
| Physics | 89 | 65% | 98% | 98% | |
| Biology | 88 | 59% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 88 | 56% | 94% | 99% | |
| Art and Design | 77 | 27% | 68% | 79% | |
| Physical Education | 69 | 29% | 51% | 58% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 53 | 23% | 42% | 58% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 38 | 24% | 47% | 68% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 26 | 8% | 12% | 31% | |
| History | 23 | 9% | 30% | 65% | |
| Geography | 23 | 0% | 4% | 39% | |
| Biology | 17 | 0% | 35% | 59% | |
| English Literature | 16 | 0% | 25% | 63% | |
| Chemistry | 14 | 14% | 36% | 79% | |
| Psychology | 14 | 7% | 14% | 36% | |
| Economics | 12 | 0% | 8% | 25% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 12 | 50% | 67% | 83% | |
| Physics | 11 | 36% | 64% | 64% | |
| Business Studies | 11 | 9% | 18% | 36% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10067: The Bulmershe School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
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.
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.