Walter Infant School
Murray Road, Wokingham, RG41 2TA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Judy Wheeler
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wokingham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 221
- URN
- 109869
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01189780825
About this school
Walter Infant School is a community primary school in Wokingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 221 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Walter Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 298 |
| 2023/24 | 298 |
| 2024/25 | 262 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Walter Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.8% | 10.4% | 221 | — |
| St Paul's CofE Junior School | 82% | 4.4% | 9.9% | 364 | 0.1 miles |
| Windmill Primary School and Nursery | 70% | 4.5% | 18.2% | 218 | 0.3 miles |
| The Hawthorns Primary School | — | — | — | 423 | 0.6 miles |
| Emmbrook Infant School | — | 4.9% | 14.2% | 182 | 0.8 miles |
| Emmbrook Junior School | 71% | 4.3% | 10.9% | 260 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.39%
- English as an additional language
- 33.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.82%
- Persistent absence
- 10.93%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Paul's CofE Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Wokingham
-
Windmill Primary School and Nursery0.3 miles
Primary · Wokingham
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The Hawthorns Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wokingham
-
Emmbrook Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Wokingham
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Emmbrook Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Wokingham
Other schools in Wokingham
- 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
- Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Gorse Ride Infants' School Primary
- Gorse Ride Junior School Primary
- Keep Hatch Primary School Primary
- Nine Mile Ride Primary School Primary
- Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Walter Infant School teach?
- Walter Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Wokingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Walter Infant School?
- The headteacher of Walter Infant School is Mrs Judy Wheeler, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Walter Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Walter Infant School, 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 Walter Infant School?
- Walter Infant School has 221 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Walter Infant School full?
- Walter Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 221 on roll (82%), 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 Walter Infant School a faith school?
- No. Walter Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Walter Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Walter Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Walter Infant School's absence rate?
- Walter Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Walter Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Walter Infant School. 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.