Wescott Infant School
General Information
- Address: Goodchild Road, Wokingham, RG40 2EN – View on map
- Phone: 01189786313
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs S Holding
- Age range: 5-7 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 36 families put it first for 38 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.0%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (less mixed than the Wokingham average)
- English as an additional language: 22% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.5% a year (Wokingham 15.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 90% moved to another school, 10% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Wokingham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Wokingham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision 8 places · 8 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 4.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
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5th of 6 infant schools in Wokingham for Ofsted rating
- #3Polehampton Church of England Infant SchoolGood
- #4Robert Piggott CofE Infant SchoolGood
- #5Wescott Infant SchoolGood
- #6Willow Bank Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,533 (2024-25)
3rd of 8 infant schools in Wokingham for spending per pupil
- #1Emmbrook Infant School£8,645
- #2Gorse Ride Infants' School£8,562
- #3Wescott Infant School£8,533
- #4Walter Infant School£7,639
- #5Polehampton Church of England Infant School£7,175
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