Waingels

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Wokingham council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Wokingham's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 173 families put this school as their first choice, and 235 places were offered. 173 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 7 June 2023: School remains Good.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1382 (capacity 1331)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

ORCHARD LEARNING ALLIANCE

Phone

01189690336

Address

Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4RF

Website

waingels.wokingham.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports