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Bracknell Forest School Catchment Areas

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Bracknell Forest has 45 schools - 29 primary and 6 secondary - spread across its towns and areas.

Expect the tightest competition in and around Bracknell and Sandhurst, where popular primaries are regularly oversubscribed and last-distance-offered figures can shrink to a few hundred metres.

Selective schools are part of the mix in Bracknell Forest - for those applying to grammar schools, a selective admissions test is required in addition to the standard admissions process.

45 total 29 primary 6 secondary 9 areas

Based on the latest published capacity data, 7 of the 45 schools in Bracknell Forest are at or above their admission number, so catchment distance is decisive at those schools. Bracknell Forest has 1 selective school that admit by entrance test rather than distance. 12 schools apply faith-based criteria alongside catchment distance. Of the 17 Bracknell Forest schools with a current Ofsted rating, 17 are rated Good or Outstanding.

Bracknell Forest Catchment Area Documents

Official admissions policies and catchment boundary maps for Bracknell Forest schools are published annually.

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