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The Winchcombe School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 436Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 135079URN

Maple Crescent, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 1LN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
close to West Berkshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Berkshire

123 applications for 57 places · 16th of 36 in West Berkshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
51%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 25 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 17 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
close to West Berkshire median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

123 applications · 57 places offered · 38 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.2; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.5; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.6; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.6; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.4; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.3; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.7; West Berkshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.4; West Berkshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.4; West Berkshire median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.5; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.0; West Berkshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 2.4; West Berkshire median median 2.2
  13. 2014 2.6; West Berkshire median median 2.2
More applications per place than the West Berkshire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • West Berkshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026571232.2380.67
Sep 2025591492.5611.03
Sep 2024561482.6540.96
Sep 2023601582.6861.43
Sep 2022601452.4631.05
Sep 2021601382.3681.13
Sep 2020601642.7791.32
Sep 2019601432.4711.18
Sep 2018601442.4701.17
Sep 2017591502.5711.20
Sep 2016801602.0790.99
Sep 2015601462.4651.08
Sep 2014601572.6821.37

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 56% · Maths 79% → all three 51% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard51%37th of 52 in West Berkshire
Reading
Expected standard72%
Higher standard34%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard56%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard79%
Higher standard26%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • West Berkshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2551%0%107105
2023/2458%5%105106
2022/2355%6%105103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
135079 · 869/3359
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
420 pupils · 436 on roll
Free school meals
17.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2005
Address
Maple Crescent, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 1LN
Local authority
West Berkshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources