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26 open schools in Bracknell, Bracknell Forest · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Bracknell Forest schools · grammar schools in Bracknell

Bracknell has 26 state schools: 19 primary, 4 secondary, part of Bracknell Forest's wider catchment. 17 have a published Ofsted rating, and 15 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

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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) 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) 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) St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Good · ×0.97 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.

Binfield Church of England Primary School Bracknell · Good Crown Wood Primary School Bracknell Fox Hill Primary School Bracknell · Good Garth Hill College Bracknell · Good Great Hollands Primary School Bracknell Harmans Water Primary School Bracknell Holly Spring Primary School Bracknell · Good 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 Lambrook School Bracknell Ranelagh School Bracknell · Not judged Sandy Lane Primary School Bracknell St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Bracknell · 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 Warfield Church of England Primary School Bracknell · Good 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

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
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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