Secondary school in Reading, Wokingham
Oakbank School
Hyde End Lane, Ryeish Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 1ER
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 13 November 2024.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 300
- Places
- 560
- How full
- 54% full — 300 of 560 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 143 / 157
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wokingham 017G, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 58%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 5%
- Households owning their home
- 80%
- Households in social housing
- 6%
- Households with no car
- 2%
- Adults economically inactive
- 16%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Robert Gerrard
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Ward
- Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- URN
- 152100
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Vine Christian SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.4 mi |
| Crosfields SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.5 mi |
| Hartland High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Inadequate 2023 | — | 1.6 mi |
| Leighton Park SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 2.1 mi |
| Reading Girls' SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2021 | 51.8 | 2.3 mi |
| OneSchool Global Reading Senior CampusOther independent school | No grade | — | 2.4 mi |
| Maiden Erlegh SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 55.5 | 3 mi |
| The Abbey School ReadingOther independent school | No grade | — | 3.2 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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