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St Bartholomew's School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,905Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137465URN

Andover Road, Newbury, RG14 6JP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to West Berkshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in West Berkshire

497 applications for 265 places · 5th of 10 in West Berkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
57.7of 90
1st of 9 in West Berkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 26 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • 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. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 19 October 2021
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

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
1.9applications per place, Year 7
close to West Berkshire median (1.9) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

497 applications · 265 places offered · 275 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.3; West Berkshire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.3; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.2; West Berkshire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.2; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.0; West Berkshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.0; West Berkshire median median 1.6
  11. 2016 2.0; West Berkshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.8; West Berkshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.3; West Berkshire median median 1.7
More applications per place than the West Berkshire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262654971.92751.04
Sep 20252575772.33551.38
Sep 20242665622.13671.38
Sep 20232656112.33911.48
Sep 20222695642.13841.43
Sep 20212685672.13351.25
Sep 20202675792.23771.41
Sep 20192665902.23511.32
Sep 20182655392.03221.22
Sep 20172635302.03421.30
Sep 20162635282.02951.12
Sep 20152584751.82731.06
Sep 20142465702.33241.32

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

270 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)57.71st of 9 in West Berkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths67%1st of 9 in West Berkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths82%
  • This school
  • West Berkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.37
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)27057.767%82%–
2024/2527056.258%79%–
2023/2427355.362%80%+0.37
2022/2326757.459%86%+0.58

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

  • 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
137465 · 869/5402
Trust
St Bartholomew's School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,922 pupils · 1,905 on roll
Free school meals
14.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
St Bartholomew's School (URN 110098)
Address
Andover Road, Newbury, RG14 6JP
Local authority
West Berkshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources