Gorse Ride Junior School
Gorse Ride South, Finchampstead, Wokingham, RG40 4JJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Eileen Rogers
- Federation
- Gorse Ride Infant and Junior Schools Federation
- Constituency
- Wokingham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 256
- Pupils on roll
- 159
- URN
- 109877
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01189732666
About this school
Gorse Ride Junior School is a community primary school in Wokingham. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 159 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Gorse Ride Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 63 | 60 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 63% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 80% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 75% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 77% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Gorse Ride Junior 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 | Wokingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 66% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 67.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 68.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 218 |
| 2023/24 | 198 |
| 2024/25 | 170 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gorse Ride Junior School compares
Gorse Ride Junior School ranked 34th of 37 primary schools in Wokingham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 4.5% | 20% | 159 | — |
| Gorse Ride Infants' School | — | 3.9% | 17.7% | 109 | 0.1 miles |
| Nine Mile Ride Primary School | 75% | 4.5% | 5.3% | 375 | 0.3 miles |
| Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School | 87% | 5.6% | 2.9% | 108 | 1.2 miles |
| Evendons Primary School | 76% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 413 | 1.4 miles |
| Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School and Nursery | 71% | 6.3% | 20.7% | 70 | 2.0 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report16 June 2026
- 26 April 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20%
- English as an additional language
- 18.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.45%
- Persistent absence
- 13.81%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Gorse Ride Infants' School0.1 miles
Primary · Wokingham
-
Nine Mile Ride Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Wokingham
-
Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Wokingham
-
Evendons Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Wokingham
-
Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School and Nursery2.0 miles
Primary · Wokingham
Other schools in Wokingham
Gorse Ride Junior School ranks 16th of the 17 ranked primary 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
- Keep Hatch Primary School Primary
- Nine Mile Ride Primary School Primary
- Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- St Cecilia's CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Gorse Ride Junior School teach?
- Gorse Ride Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Wokingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Gorse Ride Junior School?
- The headteacher of Gorse Ride Junior School is Miss Eileen Rogers, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Gorse Ride Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gorse Ride Junior 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 many pupils are at Gorse Ride Junior School?
- Gorse Ride Junior School has 159 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Gorse Ride Junior School full?
- Gorse Ride Junior School has capacity for 256 pupils and 159 on roll (62%), 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 Gorse Ride Junior School a faith school?
- No. Gorse Ride Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gorse Ride Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Gorse Ride Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Gorse Ride Junior School part of an academy trust?
- Gorse Ride Junior School is part of the Gorse Ride Infant and Junior Schools Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Gorse Ride Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gorse Ride Junior School compare with other schools in Wokingham?
- Gorse Ride Junior School ranked 34th of 37 primary schools in Wokingham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gorse Ride Junior School's absence rate?
- Gorse Ride Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gorse Ride Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gorse Ride Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 13 August 2026.