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Schools in Bracknell Forest

44 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools

Bracknell Forest has 38 state schools: 29 primary, 6 secondary, 1 all-through. Between them they teach around 18,029 pupils. 33 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.8 out of 10, and 4 score 8 or above.

7 have a sixth form. 17 take children from age three or under. 10 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Ascot Heath Primary School Ascot · Good Binfield Church of England Primary School Bracknell · Good Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery Bracknell Forest · Good College Town Primary School Sandhurst · Good Cranbourne Primary School Windsor · Not judged Crown Wood Primary School Bracknell · Good Crowthorne Church of England Primary School Crowthorne · Not judged Edgbarrow School Crowthorne · Outstanding Fox Hill Primary School Bracknell · Good Garth Hill College Bracknell · Good Great Hollands Primary School Bracknell · Good Harmans Water Primary School Bracknell · Good Hawthorn Academy Wokingham Heathfield School Ascot Holly Spring Primary School Bracknell · Good Jennett's Park CofE Primary School Bracknell · Good Kennel Lane School Bracknell · Good King's Academy Binfield Bracknell · Good King's Academy Easthampstead Park Bracknell · Good King's Academy Meadow Vale Bracknell · Good King's Academy Oakwood Bracknell · Outstanding LVS Ascot Ascot Lambrook School Bracknell New Scotland Hill Primary School Sandhurst · Good Newbold School · Outstanding Owlsmoor Primary School Sandhurst Ranelagh School Bracknell · Not judged Sandhurst School Sandhurst · Good Sandy Lane Primary School Bracknell · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Bracknell Forest · Good St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Bracknell · Good St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Sandhurst Sandhurst · Good St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Bracknell · Not judged The Brakenhale School Bracknell · Good The Pines School Bracknell · Good Uplands Primary School and Nursery Sandhurst · Good Warfield Church of England Primary School Bracknell · Good Wellington College Wellington College Prep Sandhurst Whitegrove Primary School Bracknell · Good Wildmoor Heath School Bracknell · Good Wildridings Primary School Bracknell · Good Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School Bracknell · Good Wooden Hill Primary and Nursery School Bracknell · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

The Brakenhale School Good · ×0.69 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Sandy Lane Primary School Good · ×0.72 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Garth Hill College Good · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Holly Spring Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) King's Academy Meadow Vale Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Wildridings Primary School Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) King's Academy Easthampstead Park Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Sandhurst Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Sandhurst School Good · ×0.84 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Bracknell Forest

Primary schools: Explicit: 'wherever you live in Bracknell Forest there is a designated primary and secondary school' — 'most Bracknell Forest schools have a designated area.' (source)

Secondary schools: Same 'designated area' structure explicitly covers secondary schools too. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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