Wildridings Primary School, Bracknell

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades Wildridings Primary School on 7 areas: 3 expected standard and 4 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils, including those eligible for the pupil premium funding and pupils known or previously known to social care, attend school regularly."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school has high expectations for all pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff help pupils to be confident and kind citizens who respect other people's differences."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils are not consistently supported to achieve as well as they should in writing, spelling and grammar by the end of year 6."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders have put in place a suitably broad, ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum in all areas except writing."

Early years - Needs attention. "Leaders are ambitious for children to achieve well."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Some of the improvements leaders have introduced are very recent."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further develop staff expertise to check and deepen pupils' understanding so gaps or misconceptions in knowledge are identified and remedied effectively"; "Leaders should make sure that the school's approach to writing is developed so that gaps in pupils' knowledge and proficiency are closed rapidly"; "Leaders should ensure that the early years curriculum and the teaching of it support children to be ready for Year 1".

In its own words: "Welcome to Wildridings Primary School , where our committed and kind staff create a happy and caring environment which welcomes and values each child as an individual."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 9.30am and an open day on Tuesday 12 January 2027 at 9.30am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils at Wildridings Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 76% in Bracknell Forest and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 75% in reading and 78% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 47 families put Wildridings Primary School as their first choice and 73 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 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 Wildridings Primary School are St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 59% reading, 55% maths); Fox Hill Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 76% reading, 79% maths); Great Hollands Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 88% reading, 83% maths); and The Pines School (1 mile, Good, 62% reading, 56% maths).

Wildridings Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

74 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wildridings Primary School (as of April 2026): 91% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (63%).

16% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 29.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (60%), Asian (12%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 53 pupils (12.8%) received SEN support and 6 (1.5%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Bracknell Rail Station, about 940 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Deepdale - inbound (on), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 343 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bracknell Forest (84), as is usual near a town centre.

Wildridings Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Wildridings Primary School are The Brakenhale School (0.4 miles), Ranelagh School (0.7 miles), Garth Hill College (1.1 miles) and King's Academy Easthampstead Park (1.1 miles).