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Hatch Ride Primary School

Academy converter in Crowthorne, RG45 6LP, taking ages 4 to 11, 202 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Jul 2022
0.47 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
96% Full
63.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.47 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.47 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

This is not a catchment area. 0.47 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Hatch Ride Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Wokingham. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Wokingham, published admission distances, 2025/26

Two schools, both in reach

Two children, or a first and second preference? Add a second school to see where both are in reach, cheapest districts first. Only a school with a published distance can be added.

If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Wokingham, 6 of 49 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (12.2%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Hatch Ride Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Oaklands Infant School Both in reach Primary 2.85 mi 2025/26 0.3 mi
Edgbarrow School Both in reach Secondary 1.13 mi 2025/26 1.2 mi
Great Hollands Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.27 mi 2025/26 1.8 mi
Evendons Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.94 mi 2025/26 2.3 mi
St Teresa's Catholic Academy Both in reach Primary 3.2 mi 2025/26 2.4 mi
King's Academy Oakwood Both in reach Primary 0.71 mi 2025/26 2.5 mi

The distance as a picture

Hatch Ride Primary School catchment area map: the 0.47 mile admission distance, 2025/26
Drawn to scale from the published figure. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 202 pupils in 210 places (96% full)
TrustTHE CORVUS LEARNING TRUST
Local authorityWokingham

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 12 July 2022. Ungraded inspection, July 2022: school remains Good
Meeting the expected standard 63.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 63.0%
2023/24 59.0%
2022/23 69.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Hatch Ride Primary School

Girls and boys51.5% girls, 48.5% boys
English as an additional language6.9% of pupils
Free school meals2.5% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to Hatch Ride Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: St Sebastians Roundabout, 0.3 mi away, with 0.4 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 10:10, last 17:36.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Johnson & Johnson0.3 mi0.20.00.0125B
St Sebastians Roundabout0.3 mi0.40.00.0125, 125A
TRL Western Entrance0.3 mi0.20.00.0125A

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Hatch Ride Primary School?

Hatch Ride Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 0.47 miles away, per Wokingham.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Hatch Ride Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.47 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Hatch Ride Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Wokingham school's distance

All Wokingham schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
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Admission distance published by Wokingham. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.