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Geoffrey Field Infant School

PrimaryAges 3–7Community

Reading, RG2 8RH · Reading local authority

Reading’s School Grade A− better than 76% of towns in England

Getting in
88/88
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
313 pupils
97% of its 322 places
Free school meals
28%
28 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Geoffrey Field Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Inspected, December 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (88 of 88)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RG2 8) sold for a median £360,000; Reading’s is £355,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Geoffrey Field Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

88
families put it first for September 2026
90
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (10), 2020 (47), 2021 (8), 2022 (6), 2023 (8). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Reading council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Reading council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Reading, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.85 per place
49% got their first choice
1.65 per place
57% got their first choice
1.57 per place
62% got their first choice
1.33 per place
68% got their first choice
1.27 per place
74% got their first choice
1.27 per place
68% got their first choice
1.09 per place
88% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Geoffrey Field Infant
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

310 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
21.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
43.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
28.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 50%Boys 50%
Its letter

No letter for Geoffrey Field Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), December 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Geoffrey Field Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in RG2 8, the school’s postcode sector

Reading property prices →
£360,000
median sale, 263 sales in 36 months · Reading £355,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025RG2 8Reading
RG2 8Reading

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£518K
Semi-detached
£370K
Terraced
£350K
Flat
£166K
RG2 8Reading

Homes in RG2 8 sell for about the same as Reading’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

16 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+C−C−DC+A−C−A+B+A−C−CC+Geoffrey Field Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Reading, RG2 8RH

Geoffrey Field Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Geoffrey Field Infant School?

For September 2026, 88 families put Geoffrey Field Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 90 places were offered in all.

What is Geoffrey Field Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (December 2024).

How much do houses cost near Geoffrey Field Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, RG2 8, sold for a median £360,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (263 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Reading’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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