Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in West Berkshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 14 May 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 2 November 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry384 applications · 287 places offered · 276 named it first
- 2026 1.3; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.3; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.3; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.4; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.4; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.3; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.3; West Berkshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.4; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.4; West Berkshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.3; West Berkshire median median 1.6
- 2016 1.4; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.4; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.6; West Berkshire median median 1.7
- This school
- West Berkshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 287 | 384 | 1.3 | 276 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 294 | 379 | 1.3 | 260 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 290 | 379 | 1.3 | 259 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 | 294 | 409 | 1.4 | 281 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 293 | 414 | 1.4 | 302 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 | 293 | 386 | 1.3 | 297 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 294 | 391 | 1.3 | 289 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 325 | 464 | 1.4 | 339 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 | 292 | 410 | 1.4 | 295 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 298 | 397 | 1.3 | 303 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2016 | 272 | 381 | 1.4 | 294 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2015 | 274 | 380 | 1.4 | 276 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2014 | 270 | 428 | 1.6 | 294 | 1.09 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 286 | 48.0 | 48% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 296 | 46.5 | 46% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 327 | 47.5 | 47% | 69% | +0.15 |
| 2022/23 | 294 | 49.9 | 48% | 70% | +0.35 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Kennet SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.3applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20241.9applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · West Berkshire20261.9applications per place 57.7Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · West BerkshireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · HampshireStandards maintained20241.4applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · HampshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · West Berkshire20262.1applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 12.4 km · West BerkshireGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place
- 12.4 km · West Berkshire20261.7applications per place 55.8Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136647 · 869/4042
- Trust
- Equinox Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,881 pupils · 1,824 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Kennet School (URN 110055)
- Address
- Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources