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Schools in Bracknell Forest

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Bracknell Forest has 38 state schools: 29 primary, 6 secondary, 1 all-through. Between them they teach around 18,944 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. 16 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.

Good or better

24

of 24 rated

Average score

4.8

out of 10

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) 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) 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) Wooden Hill Primary and Nursery School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Binfield Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ascot Heath Primary School Good · ×0.91 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.

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 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 Harmans Water Primary School Bracknell Hawthorn Academy Wokingham Heathfield School Ascot Holly Spring Primary School Bracknell · Good International School of Creative Arts Ascot Jennett's Park CofE Primary School Bracknell Kennel Lane School Bracknell · Good King's Academy Binfield Bracknell · Good King's Academy Easthampstead Park Bracknell 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 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 Wildridings Primary School Bracknell Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School Bracknell · Good Wooden Hill Primary and Nursery School Bracknell · Good

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Ascot 14 schools Bracknell 26 schools Windsor 24 schools

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	31 October 2027
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	15 January 2028
Sept 2028	Offer day	1 March 2028
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	17 April 2028
Sept 2027	Application deadline	31 October 2026
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	15 January 2027
Sept 2027	Offer day	1 March 2027
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	16 April 2027
Sept 2026	Application deadline	31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	16 April 2026 (passed)

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