The Bulmershe School
Score
C66
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Reading, RG5 3EU
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Waingels
Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4RF
Local ranking6th of 10 secondary schools in Wokingham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1331
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 7 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 53.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 60.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 253
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
99
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 209
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1421
- Boys
- 683 (49%)
- Girls
- 699 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1331 (104% full)
- SEND
- 23.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.8%
- EAL
- 22.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 20.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,851/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 60.6%
- White Other: 6.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.0%
- Asian Indian: 5.8%
- Asian Chinese: 4.9%
- Mixed Other: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
60.6%
White British
6.1%
White Other
6.0%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Waingels Road
Reading, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 142166
- UKPRN
- 10053088
- Establishment No.
- 4060
- Trust
- ORCHARD LEARNING ALLIANCE
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