Nine Mile Ride Primary School, Wokingham

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Nine Mile Ride Primary School on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and disadvantaged pupils, achieve very well across all subjects."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders place a high priority on attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have implemented an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum."

Early years - Strong standard. "Collaborative partnerships with parents, carers and feeder nurseries underpin children's successful transition into the early years."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders, supported well by the trust, put inclusion at the heart of the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders and the trust have high aspirations for the school and the community it serves."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a well-thought-out programme for personal development that meets the needs of all pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at Nine Mile Ride Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 91% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 86% and 83% in Wokingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 83% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 42 families put Nine Mile Ride Primary School as their first choice and 127 named it as one of their preferences, for 54 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Nine Mile Ride Primary School are Gorse Ride Infants' School (0.2 miles, Good); Gorse Ride Junior School (0.3 miles, Good, 76% reading, 73% maths); Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 100% reading, 87% maths); and Evendons Primary School (1.5 miles, Outstanding, 91% reading, 90% maths).

Nine Mile Ride Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Nine Mile Ride Primary School is one of 11 schools run by The Circle Trust, an academy trust.

6.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 6.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (73%), Asian (12%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 43 pupils (11.5%) received SEN support and 10 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Crowthorne Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is California Post Office (opposite), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Nine Mile Ride Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 20 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Wokingham (70).

In 2024/25, Nine Mile Ride Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.