Foundry College
Budges Gardens, Wokingham, RG40 1PX
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Iain Thomas
- Constituency
- Wokingham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 47
- Pupils on roll
- 24
- URN
- 101493
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01183341510
About this school
Foundry College is a special school in Wokingham. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 24 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 29 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Trends over time
How Foundry College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | 20 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
High Close School0.4 miles
Special schools · Wokingham
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Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham0.9 miles
Academies · Wokingham
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CAMHS Phoenix School1.1 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Wokingham
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Odyssey House School1.2 miles
Special schools · Wokingham
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Ludgrove School1.3 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Wokingham
- CAMHS Phoenix School Local authority maintained schools
- Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham Academies
- Hawthorn Academy Free Schools
- High Close School Special schools
- Oak Tree School Free Schools
- Odyssey House School Special schools
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bearwood Primary School Primary
- Emmbrook Infant School Primary
- Emmbrook Junior School Primary
- Evendons Primary School Primary
- Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Foundry College teach?
- Foundry College teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is a special school in Wokingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Foundry College?
- The headteacher of Foundry College is Mr Iain Thomas, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Foundry College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Foundry College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Foundry College?
- Foundry College has 24 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Foundry College full?
- Foundry College has capacity for 47 pupils and 24 on roll (51%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Foundry College a faith school?
- No. Foundry College has no designated religious character.
- Does Foundry College publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Foundry College. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.