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Westwood Farm Infant School

PrimaryAges 3–7Community

Reading, RG31 6RY · West Berkshire local authority

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

Getting in
36/36
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
193 pupils
107% of its 180 places
Free school meals
12%
12 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Westwood Farm Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 193 pupils for 180 places
  • 12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (36 of 36)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RG31 6) sold for a median £431,000; Reading’s is £355,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Westwood Farm Infant School?

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

36
families put it first for September 2026
46
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 (6), 2020 (7), 2021 (13), 2023 (11), 2024 (1). 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. West Berkshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through West Berkshire 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
Westwood Farm Infant
0.78 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

212 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
11.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
16.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 40%Boys 60%
Its letter

No letter for Westwood Farm 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: Good, November 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Westwood Farm Infant School

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

Home prices in RG31 6, the school’s postcode sector

Reading property prices →
£431,000
median sale, 398 sales in 36 months · Reading £355,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K2010201520202025RG31 6Reading
RG31 6Reading

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£625K
Semi-detached
£422K
Terraced
£365K
Flat
£215K
RG31 6Reading

Homes in RG31 6 sell for well over 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

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBBACDBBDDABBC−C−Westwood Farm Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Reading, RG31 6RY

Westwood Farm Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Westwood Farm Infant School?

For September 2026, 36 families put Westwood Farm Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 46 places were offered in all.

What is Westwood Farm Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2023).

How much do houses cost near Westwood Farm Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, RG31 6, sold for a median £431,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (398 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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