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The Forest School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 49.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
51.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.12 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 50.7[6] 59.5%[6]
2023/24 49.1[4] 50.4%[4] -0.12[4]
2022/23 48.1[7] 54%[7] +0.25[7]
2021/22 53.5[8] 61%[8] +0.11[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
3.3% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[10] 5.8%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 6.3%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 15%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 8.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
40% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
11% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
15% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 56%[15] 6%[15] 19%[15] 11%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 55%[16] 12%[16] 18%[16] 10%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 51%[17] 17%[17] 18%[17] 5%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 45%[18] 13%[18] 25%[18] 7%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
51% 2022/23[19]
Education
53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
23% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[20] 61%[20] 63%[20] 5%[20] 25%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 50%[21] 50%[21] 4%[21] 35%[21]
2019/20 94%[22] 56%[22] 60%[22] 4%[22] 29%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 50%[23] 55%[23] 6%[23] 31%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
73% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
16% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
12% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 70%[26] 32%[26]
2019/20 67%[25] 12%[25] 12%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 72%[27] 10%[27] 8%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 61%[28] 8%[28] 8%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
9 Dec 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
28 May 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Needs attention[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
29 Jun 2021[30] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[30] Good[30]
30 Mar 2021[30] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
849 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
186 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
239 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 898[31] 178[31] 262[31] 3.4[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024 797[31] 180[31] 295[31] 2.7[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023 427[31] 85[31] 190[31] 2.2[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 323[31] 87[31] 191[31] 1.7[31] 0.5[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1450[1]
Trust
THE FOREST SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Wokingham[1]
Website
http://www.forest.wokingham.sch.uk/[1]
District
Wokingham[32]
Postcode
RG41 5NE[1]
URN
139853[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
927 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
32.9% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
5.1% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
58.3%[34]
Mixed
8.5%[34]
Asian
20.9%[34]
Black
5.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.4%[34]
Unclassified
5.6%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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