Willow Bank Infant School
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 5.19 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Wokingham school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 5.19 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
Willow Bank Infant School: 5.19 miles, 2025/26 Aldryngton Primary School: 1.21 miles, 2025/26, published by Wokingham
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Willow Bank Infant 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 labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
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
Where Willow Bank Infant School and Aldryngton Primary School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Aldryngton Primary School admitted from 1.21 miles in 2025/26, published by Wokingham. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
1 postcode district falls inside both distances, and none has enough recorded sales around its centre to rank on price: RG6. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Willow Bank Infant School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 2.49 mi 2025/26 | 0.5 mi |
| Sonning Church of England Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.42 mi 2025/26 | 0.7 mi |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst Both in reach | Primary | 1.71 mi 2025/26 | 1.8 mi |
| The Colleton Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.89 mi 2025/26 | 1.8 mi |
| Aldryngton Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.21 mi 2025/26 | 2.1 mi |
| Maiden Erlegh School in Reading Both in reach | Secondary | 1.7 mi 2025/26 | 2.1 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 152 pupils in 180 places (84% full) |
| Trust | ORCHARD LEARNING ALLIANCE |
| Local authority | Wokingham |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 21 September 2022. Ungraded inspection, September 2022: school remains Good |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Willow Bank Infant School
| Girls and boys | 45.4% girls, 54.6% boys |
| English as an additional language | 13.2% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 3.9% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Willow Bank Infant School
Cheapest district inside the 5.19 miles: RG1, median £275,000. Dearest: RG10, £572,500.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RG1 | Reading | 3.3 mi | £275,000 117 sales |
| RG30 | Reading | 5.2 mi | £366,000 104 sales |
| RG2 | Wokingham | 3.8 mi | £420,000 109 sales |
| RG5 | Wokingham | 0.7 mi | £440,000 104 sales |
| RG40 | Wokingham | 5.0 mi | £450,000 104 sales |
| RG4 | Reading | 3.5 mi | £460,000 83 sales |
| RG41 | Wokingham | 3.4 mi | £476,000 116 sales |
| RG10 | Wokingham | 2.3 mi | £572,500 65 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 5.19 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Willow Bank Infant School by bus
Best-served stop: Brecon Road Parade, 0.2 mi away, with 2.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:17, last 23:21.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brecon Road Parade | 0.1 mi | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 13 |
| Brecon Road Parade | 0.2 mi | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 14 |
| Brandon Avenue | 0.2 mi | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 13 |
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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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Willow Bank Infant School?
Willow Bank Infant 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 5.19 miles away, per Wokingham.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Willow Bank Infant School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 5.19 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 Willow Bank Infant 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.
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