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The Emmbrook School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 50.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
55.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
18.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.01 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 50.7[6] 55.7%[6]
2023/24 48.3[4] 50.9%[4] -0.01[4]
2022/23 42.9[7] 44%[7] -0.35[7]
2021/22 48.2[8] 47%[8] -0.11[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
21.8% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[9] 25.6%[9]
2022/23 C[10] 14%[10]
2021/22 C+[11] 9.9%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
41% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
30% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[12]
Employment
5% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[13] 44%[13] 7%[13] 36%[13] 3%[13] 4%[13]
2020/21 94%[14] 49%[14] 12%[14] 24%[14] 2%[14] 6%[14]
2019/20 94%[15] 55%[15] 4%[15] 27%[15] 3%[15] 5%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[16]
Education
64% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[16]
Employment
26% 2022/23[16]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[17] 55%[17] 6%[17] 26%[17]
2020/21 85%[18] 52%[18] 4%[18] 28%[18]
2019/20 84%[19] 55%[19] 4%[19] 25%[19]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
66% 2021/22[20]
Top third of most selective universities
21% 2021/22[20]
Russell Group universities
24% 2019/20[21]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[21]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 60%[22] 19%[22]
2019/20 61%[21] 27%[21] 24%[21] 2%[21]

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
17 Oct 2023[23]
Type
S5 Inspection[23]
Report published
29 Nov 2023[23]
Personal development
Good[23]
Quality of education
Good[23]
Overall effectiveness
Good[23]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[23]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[23]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[23]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference)
795 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences
198 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered
221 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 846[24] 194[24] 237[24] 3.6[24] 0.8[24]
Entry Sept 2024 825[24] 177[24] 235[24] 3.5[24] 0.8[24]
Entry Sept 2023 867[24] 196[24] 251[24] 3.5[24] 0.8[24]
Entry Sept 2022 761[24] 174[24] 240[24] 3.2[24] 0.7[24]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[25]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1219[1]
Trust
THE CIRCLE TRUST[1]
Local authority
Wokingham[1]
Website
http://www.emmbrook.wokingham.sch.uk[1]
District
Wokingham[26]
Postcode
RG41 1JP[1]
URN
148453[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1309 2024/25[27]
English as an additional language
21.9% 2024/25[27]
SEN support
2.3% 2024/25[27]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[27]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.9% 2024/25[27]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
69.8%[28]
Mixed
11.7%[28]
Asian
12.7%[28]
Black
3%[28]
Any other ethnic group
2.2%[28]
Unclassified
0.6%[28]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  21. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  24. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  25. emmbrook.wokingham.sch.uk: emmbrook.wokingham.sch.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The application must be returned to that LA no later than 31 October 2025. (p. 1)
  26. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  27. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  28. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.