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Speenhamland School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 290Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 143999URN

Pelican Lane, Newbury, RG14 1NU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
close to West Berkshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in West Berkshire

92 applications for 44 places · 18th of 36 in West Berkshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
55%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 19 April 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.1applications per place, Reception
close to West Berkshire median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

92 applications · 44 places offered · 43 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.6; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.0; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.1; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.1; West Berkshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.8; West Berkshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.0; West Berkshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.2; West Berkshire median median 2.2
  10. 2017 1.2; West Berkshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.1; West Berkshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.4; West Berkshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.3; West Berkshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • West Berkshire median

Dashed bars: as Speenhamland Primary School (URN 109822), the previous school.

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 202644922.1430.98
Sep 2025441142.6581.32
Sep 202444862.0410.93
Sep 202330622.1230.77
Sep 202228592.1180.64
Sep 202127572.1210.78
Sep 202048861.8310.65
Sep 201938742.0330.87
Sep 201838822.2260.68
Sep 201753641.2200.38
Sep 2016 *44932.1300.68
Sep 2015 *451072.4491.09
Sep 2014 *451022.3200.44

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 66% · Writing 66% · Maths 70% → all three 55% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard55%30th of 52 in West Berkshire
Reading
Expected standard66%
Higher standard30%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard66%
Greater depth9%
Maths
Expected standard70%
Higher standard20%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • West Berkshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2555%7%103103
2023/2456%0%104104
2022/2336%5%101101

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

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  • 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
Primary
URN · DfE number
143999 · 869/2079
Trust
Newbury Academy Trust
Capacity
301 pupils · 290 on roll
Free school meals
25.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 February 2017
Replaced
Speenhamland Primary School (URN 109822)
Address
Pelican Lane, Newbury, RG14 1NU
Local authority
West Berkshire

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