Waingels

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4RF

Principal · Mrs Lindsey Humber

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 2 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,382Capacity 1,331

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 7 June 2023

TrustOrchard Learning Alliance

Free school meals13.2%

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 7 June 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Wokingham council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 173 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered235

Applications455

First choice173

First-choice offers173

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).