WOODLEY Town Council is once again the parish with the highest council tax precept: its residents will still pay £106.71 on top of their Wokingham Borough Council Band D rate.
Although there is no change over last year, it is still significantly more than residents of Swallowfield will pay. Their parish precept is also unchanged at just £19.19, the lowest in the borough.
Parish and town councils are allowed to set a precept – a council tax that Wokingham Borough Council collects on their behalf – to pay for local services. In Woodley that includes running Woodford Park, while in Wokingham it includes events such as the International Street Concert.
The average parish precept for 2019/20 is £62.40, an average rise of 3.15% over the previous financial year. Seven parishes/town councils ask their residents to pay more than this, but the remaining 10 parish/town councils request smaller amounts.
The largest increase is in Winnersh, where residents are being asked to pay 17.60% more over the 2018 rate: £28.36 to £33.35 a year.
And residents in Ruscombe will have a little more in their pockets as the precept is proposed to decrease by 5.39%: £71.46 goes down to £67.61.
The Wokingham Borough Council share of the council tax for a Band D property in the 2019/20 year would be £1,483.93, Thames Valley Police are asking for £24 per year.
The decision will be made at a full council meeting to be held at Shute End on Thursday, February 21.
| School | A*-B% | A*-C% | A*-E% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey School | 84% | 95% | 100% |
| Bracknell & Wokingham College | - | - | - |
| Bulmershe School | 47% | - | 99% |
| Edgbarrow School | - | - | - |
| Emmbrook School | 40.2% | 75.2% | 98.9% |
| Forest School | - | 65% | - |
| Holt School | 61% | 82.4% | 99.4% |
| Leighton Park | 56% | 77% | 98% |
| Luckley House | - | - | - |
| LVS Ascot | - | - | - |
| Maiden Erlegh School | 50% | 73% | 98% |
| Piggott School | 64% | 87% | 99% |
| Queen Anne's School | 68% | 87% | - |
| Reading Blue Coat School | 71% | 91% | 99% |
| Reddam House | 58% | - | - |
| St Crispin's School | 46% | 67% | 98% |
| St Joseph's College | 59% | 91% | 100% |
| Waingels College | - | 75% | - |
