Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Gorse Ride Infants' School
This school
Gorse Ride Junior School
Partner infant school
Reception to Year 2 · 160 m away from Gorse Ride Junior School
Both schools are in Gorse Ride Infant and Junior Schools Federation, so one governing body runs them.
View schoolEvery child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Gorse Ride Infants' School.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 16 June 2026
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Wokingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 60% | 71% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 5% | 12% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 76% | 81% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 40% | 41% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Wokingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 106 | 108 | 106 |
| Maths | 105 | 107 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 108 | 108 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected Gorse Ride Junior School on 16 June 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Strong standard for personal development and wellbeing; Expected standard for curriculum and teaching, for inclusion, for leadership and governance and for attendance and behaviour; Needs attention for achievement.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Gorse Ride Infants' School. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Gorse Ride Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Wokingham, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Gorse Ride Junior School had 170 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 256. It is a mixed school.
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