Oaklands Junior School, Crowthorne

Ofsted's report card from its 6 October 2026 inspection grades Oaklands Junior School on 6 areas: 3 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils attend school regularly."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "This is a highly inclusive school where leaders know pupils well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders place personal development and wellbeing at the heart of the school's vision and want pupils to flourish."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well in reading and mathematics."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is broad and well sequenced."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are passionate about delivering the trust and school vision, creating a school where pupils are enabled to flourish."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders need to further develop staff expertise in identifying gaps and misconceptions so that pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, achieve highly and strengthen their recall in the wider curriculum"; "Leaders should continue their work to embed the new approaches to the teaching of writing so that more pupils can demonstrate greater depth in their writing".

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils at Oaklands Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 94% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 86% and 83% in Wokingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 88% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

Across Wokingham, 88% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Wokingham lodged 59 appeals against primary school offers; 38 reached a hearing and 2 succeeded (5.3% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Oaklands Junior School are Oaklands Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Hatch Ride Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 80% reading, 77% maths); Crowthorne Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 90% maths); and Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School and Nursery (0.8 miles, Good, 93% reading, 71% maths).

Oaklands Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Oaklands Junior School is one of 7 schools run by The Corvus Learning Trust, an academy trust.

5.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 9.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (76%), Asian (7%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 24 pupils (9.8%) received SEN support and 6 (2.5%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Crowthorne Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ellis Road (opposite), 260 metres away.

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

Oaklands Junior School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Oaklands Junior School are Edgbarrow School (1 mile) and King's Academy Easthampstead Park (1.7 miles).