Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in West Berkshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry93 applications · 30 places offered · 39 named it first
- 2026 3.1; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2025 2.7; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2024 3.3; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2023 2.8; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2022 2.9; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 93 | 3.1 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 80 | 2.7 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 100 | 3.3 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 87 | 2.9 | 37 | 1.23 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- West Berkshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | ||||
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Highwood Copse Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.1applications per place
- 1.1 km · West Berkshire20261.4applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · West BerkshireGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place
- 1.5 km · West BerkshireGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20231.8applications per place
- 1.7 km · West BerkshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade2024
- 1.9 km · West BerkshireGraded · no overall grade202454%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20232.2applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · West BerkshireGood20232.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141882 · 869/2002
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 149 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Address
- Highwood Copse Way, Newbury, RG20 9BS
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources