Graded inspection · Jan 2025 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry86 applications · 65 places offered · 60 named it first
- 2026 1.3; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.2; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.2; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.2; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.3; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.2; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.2; West Berkshire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.0; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.1; West Berkshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.1; West Berkshire median median 1.6
- 2016 1.2; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.0; West Berkshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- West Berkshire median
Dashed bars: as John O'Gaunt School (URN 110050), the previous school.
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 | 65 | 86 | 1.3 | 60 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 86 | 107 | 1.2 | 79 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 100 | 119 | 1.2 | 80 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 | 113 | 135 | 1.2 | 98 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 91 | 119 | 1.3 | 79 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2021 | 92 | 109 | 1.2 | 74 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 | 95 | 114 | 1.2 | 78 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2019 | 109 | 108 | 1.0 | 77 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2018 | 77 | 85 | 1.1 | 64 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 | 77 | 84 | 1.1 | 65 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2016 * | 85 | 103 | 1.2 | 75 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 * | 85 | 103 | 1.2 | 69 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2014 * | 93 | 96 | 1.0 | 63 | 0.68 |
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.) | 84 | 43.2 | 36% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 81 | 32.0 | 25% | 43% | – |
| 2023/24 | 82 | 34.9 | 32% | 52% | −0.53 |
| 2022/23 | 66 | 31.1 | 14% | 32% | −0.90 |
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
- John O'Gaunt SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · West BerkshireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 12.8 km · West Berkshire20261.9applications per place 57.7Attainment 8
- 13.7 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20241.9applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 14.8 km · HampshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 14.9 km · WiltshireGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 18.5 km · West BerkshireGood20241.3applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 19.2 km · WiltshireGood20221.3applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 19.4 km · WiltshireRequires improvement20231.8applications per place 34.4Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142822 · 869/4001
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 439 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2016
- Replaced
- John O'Gaunt School (URN 110050)
- Address
- Priory Road, Hungerford, RG17 0AN
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources