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The Willink School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 56 55.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
55.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
64% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
22.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.04 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 51.9[6] 57.1%[6]
2023/24 49.1[4] 54.1%[4] +0.04[4]
2022/23 51.3[7] 59%[7] +0.31[7]
2021/22 57.7[8] 69%[8] +0.36[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 15.1%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 20%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 28%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 10.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
56% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
12% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
22% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[15] 60%[15] 14%[15] 19%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 64%[16] 12%[16] 13%[16] 5%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 53%[17] 21%[17] 20%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 56%[18] 15%[18] 17%[18] 5%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[19]
Education
46% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
35% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 62%[20] 7%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 68%[21] 7%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 95%[22] 63%[22] 5%[22] 26%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 49%[23] 7%[23] 33%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
75% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
34% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
24% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 79%[26] 40%[26]
2019/20 80%[25] 31%[25] 24%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 67%[27] 15%[27] 15%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 32%[28] 32%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
6 May 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
12 Jul 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 Oct 2023[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
12 Jun 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
345 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
214 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
201 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 359[32] 222[32] 195[32] 1.8[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2024 367[32] 222[32] 200[32] 1.8[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 359[32] 240[32] 208[32] 1.7[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2022 393[32] 247[32] 207[32] 1.9[32] 1.2[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
995[1]
Local authority
West Berkshire[1]
Website
www.willinkschool.org.uk[1]
District
West Berkshire[33]
Postcode
RG7 3XJ[1]
URN
110048[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1233 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
5.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
15.7% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.7% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.8% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
86.4%[35]
Mixed
7.6%[35]
Asian
3.5%[35]
Black
1.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.2%[35]
Unclassified
0.7%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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