St Paul's CofE Junior School
Oxford Road, Wokingham, RG41 2YJOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Paul's CofE Junior School is a primary school in Wokingham for ages 7 to 11. It is one of the 84 schools in Wokingham. It ranks 3rd of 17 primary schools in Wokingham. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 6 March 2024, report published 25 April 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 6 March 2024
Pupils are happy and proud to belong to this diverse and friendly school community. They strive to live out the values of their school family in all that they do. A shared culture of high expectations permeates throughout. Pupils want to achieve well. The school's inclusive ethos supports pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) well. Pupils acknowledge that some of their peers find learning more challenging than others. They show kindness and respect in their actions. Reflecting this, one pupil said that when someone is struggling, 'we lend them some of our calm'. Pupils are polite and courteous to their peers and adults. Older pupils are strong role models to those who are younger. Pupils are taught to recognise how their actions affect themselves and others. The school teaches them strategies to take responsibility for, and manage, their behaviour effectively. Pupils are proud to carry out leadership roles in school. Pupils apply for responsibilities such as 'reading ambassadors', house captains and sports leaders. They carry these out with maturity. 'Well-being leaders' support pupils if they have any concerns. Pupils know that they can go to an adult if they are worried about something.
What the school should improve
- Some pupils are further behind in their reading than they should be and are not catching up quickly enough. This limits their success in some areas of the curriculum. The school should ensure that these pupils have sufficient opportunities for precise and accurate practice in order to apply their phonics knowledge, so that their reading becomes increasingly fluent as words become more familiar.
- In some subjects, teachers do not always design tasks that enable pupils to learn the intended curriculum effectively. This means that some pupils do not learn as well as they could. The school needs to improve teachers' subject and teaching knowledge to ensure that they can support pupils to learn well across the whole curriculum.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
96 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
364 pupils on roll, with places for 384
Schools near St Paul's CofE Junior School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Infant School | 0.1 miles | Ofsted judgements: Outstanding | Not published |
| Windmill Primary School and Nursery | 0.3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 70% met the expected standard |
| The Hawthorns Primary School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Emmbrook Junior School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 71% met the expected standard |
| Emmbrook Infant School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | Not published |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Julieanne Taylor
- Phone
- 01189785219
- Address
- Oxford Road, Wokingham, RG41 2YJ
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- URN
- 109987
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.