Foundry College, Wokingham
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Foundry College excels at creating a nurturing, welcoming environment where pupils feel valued and supported. The school combines excellent therapeutic support with strong academic teaching, helping pupils make rapid progress and achieve real qualifications. Most impressively, the school successfully prepares all leavers for their next steps, whether that's further education, training or employment.
Key Strengths
- Excellent safeguarding practices with staff vigilant about pupil welfare and effective information sharing with external agencies
- Strong therapeutic provision including attachment-based therapy that improves pupil behaviour and attitudes to learning
- Effective teaching resulting in good progress across subjects, with all pupils achieving at least one level 2 qualification and improved GCSE grades
- Successful outcomes for all leavers who move into further education, training or employment
- Well-developed vocational education and universal work-experience placements for Year 9-11 pupils
Areas for Improvement
- Need to closely monitor progress of pupils educated off-site to ensure they receive appropriately challenging work
- Should broaden the range of life experiences and employment opportunities available to pupils
- Could expand sporting and enrichment opportunities beyond current provision
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective, with staff trained in handling issues such as self-harm and substance misuse, strong information sharing with agencies, and careful monitoring of pupil absences.
Extracurricular Activities
Golf, skiing, auto-skills centre training, work-experience placements
Foundry College continues to be judged as good, maintaining quality education since its last inspection in 2013. The school creates a warm, welcoming environment with strong therapeutic support and effective reintegration of pupils into mainstream education.
At a Glance
50.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
51%
Available places
24 pupils
47 capacity
23 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Wokingham
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Admissions Demand - Wokingham
Places available
2,395
Applications
2,387
Got 1st preference
81.6%
Got preferred school
96.9%
Secondary admissions across Wokingham (2025/26)
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Foundry College
Keep Hatch Primary School
All Saints Church of England Primary School
Westende Junior School
Wescott Infant School
St Teresa's Catholic Academy
Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery
St Cecilia's CofE Primary School
Walter Infant School
St Paul's CofE Junior School
King's Academy Oakwood
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