Primary school in Reading, Wokingham
Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School
Chestnut Crescent, Shinfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9EJ
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 21 June 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Places
- 360
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wokingham 012I, 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
- 43%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 12%
- Households owning their home
- 68%
- Households in social housing
- 16%
- Households with no car
- 8%
- Adults economically inactive
- 27%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- AGAPE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Philippa Healy
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Ward
- Shinfield
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- URN
- 152260
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shinfield Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 0.1 mi |
| Alder Grove Church of England Primary SchoolFree schools | Good 2023 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Geoffrey Field Junior SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 56% | 1.5 mi |
| Geoffrey Field Infant SchoolCommunity school | No grade | — | 1.5 mi |
| Hillside Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 1.5 mi |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2022 | 57% | 1.6 mi |
| The Coombes Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2024 | 75% | 1.8 mi |
| Lambs Lane Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | — | 1.8 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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