Crown Wood Primary School
Opladen Way, Crown Wood, Bracknell, RG12 0PE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn Ralley
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Greenshaw Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Bracknell
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 671
- URN
- 144048
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01344485448
About this school
Crown Wood Primary School is a primary academy in Bracknell. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 671 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 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
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong 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 | 83 | 82 | 72 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 59% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 4% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 77% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 74% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 74% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.10 | - | - |
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 Crown Wood Primary 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 | Bracknell Forest average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70% | 62% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 616 |
| 2023/24 | 642 |
| 2024/25 | 652 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crown Wood Primary School compares
Crown Wood Primary School ranked 14th of 26 primary schools in Bracknell Forest for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% 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 | 63% | 4.5% | 18.1% | 671 | — |
| Harmans Water Primary School | 35% | 5.8% | 21.2% | 445 | 0.5 miles |
| Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery | 49% | 5.1% | 13% | 361 | 0.8 miles |
| Fox Hill Primary School | 59% | 5.7% | 19.9% | 214 | 0.8 miles |
| St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 48% | 5.1% | 7.1% | 184 | 1.1 miles |
| The Pines School | 48% | 4.8% | 22.9% | 285 | 1.2 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 report20 January 2026
- 3 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.1%
- English as an additional language
- 15%
- Overall absence
- 4.47%
- Persistent absence
- 10.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Harmans Water Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery0.8 miles
Primary · Bracknell Forest
-
Fox Hill Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
The Pines School1.2 miles
Primary · Bracknell
Other schools in Bracknell
Crown Wood Primary School ranks 8th of the 17 ranked primary schools in Bracknell.
- Binfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fox Hill Primary School Primary
- Great Hollands Primary School Primary
- Harmans Water Primary School Primary
- Holly Spring Primary School Primary
- Jennett's Park CofE Primary School Primary
- King's Academy Meadow Vale Primary
- King's Academy Oakwood Primary
- Sandy Lane Primary School Primary
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Primary
- St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- The Pines School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Crown Wood Primary School teach?
- Crown Wood Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Bracknell.
- Who is the headteacher of Crown Wood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Crown Wood Primary School is Mrs Kathryn Ralley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crown Wood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crown Wood Primary 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 Crown Wood Primary School?
- Crown Wood Primary School has 671 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Crown Wood Primary School full?
- Crown Wood Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 671 on roll (107%), so it is at or above 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 Crown Wood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Crown Wood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Crown Wood Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Crown Wood Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Crown Wood Primary School?
- Crown Wood Primary School is part of GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Crown Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Crown Wood Primary School rank locally?
- Crown Wood Primary School ranked 14th of 26 primary schools in Bracknell Forest for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% 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 Crown Wood Primary School's absence rate?
- Crown Wood Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crown Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crown Wood Primary 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 10 July 2026.