Crown Wood Primary School, Bracknell

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Crown Wood Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 4 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years curriculum is highly ambitious for all children."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils' attendance is close to or above national averages and improving."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school has a highly inclusive culture."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, including governors and trustees, have a precise understanding of the school's strengths and the next steps needed."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils know the school's values well."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Across the wider curriculum, significant numbers of pupils do not build their knowledge securely."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders have a very clear understanding of the quality of the curriculum and teaching across the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that all subjects are designed and taught consistently well across classes and year groups, so that pupils build on their prior knowledge securely over time. • Leaders should ensure that strategies to support pupils' behaviour in the playground and around school are developed even further, so that all pupils meet staff's high expectations during unstructured times. • Leaders should build on their effective work to improve pupils' writing skills, including transcription, so that all groups of pupils make the progress that they should within the writing curriculum".

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, basketball, multi-sports, cross-country, dance, choir and cooking.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care until 6:00pm.

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Crown Wood Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 76% in Bracknell Forest and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (77% in reading, 74% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 99 families put Crown Wood Primary School as their first choice and 176 named it as one of their preferences, for 90 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 12 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Crown Wood Primary School are Harmans Water Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 60% reading, 50% maths); Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery (0.8 miles, 64% reading, 62% maths); Fox Hill Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 76% reading, 79% maths); and St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 59% reading, 55% maths).

Crown Wood Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Crown Wood Primary School is one of 39 schools run by Greenshaw Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

102 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Crown Wood Primary School (as of April 2026): 89% would recommend the school, 85% say their child is happy there and 39% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (39%).

16.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Martins Heron Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crownwood Shops (n-bound), 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 172 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bracknell Forest (84), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Crown Wood Primary School issued 16 suspensions, 2.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Crown Wood Primary School are The Brakenhale School (1 mile), Ranelagh School (1.1 miles) and Garth Hill College (1.7 miles).