Gorse Ride Junior SchoolFinchampstead CofE VA Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Wokingham.

Summary of the comparison

Gorse Ride Junior School and Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School are primary schools in Wokingham.

  • Gorse Ride Junior School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Gorse Ride Junior School was judged the expected standard and Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 60.0% for Gorse Ride Junior School and 87.0% for Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Gorse Ride Junior School (63.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School (76.0% in 2022-23, 87.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Gorse Ride Junior School versus Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WokinghamGorse Ride Junior SchoolWokinghamFinchampstead CofE VA Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100C62/100Stronger figure
Local ranking22nd of 46 in Wokingham 18th of 46 in Wokingham Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll170 103
Capacity256 119
LocationWokingham, RG40 4JJ Wokingham, RG40 4JR
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard60.0% 87.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% 7.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 110.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 106.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census170 103
Free school meals (ever 6)20.0% 2.9%
English as an additional language18.8% 8.7%
SEN support12.3% 7.8%
SEN with an EHC plan3.5% 1.9%
Attendance
Overall absence4.5% Stronger figure5.6% 6.2%
Persistent absence13.8% Stronger figure16.3% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Gorse Ride Junior School

Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School

Full profiles: Gorse Ride Junior School · Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School