Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in West Berkshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 19 May 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 7 November 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry72 applications · 40 places offered · 38 named it first
- 2026 1.8; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.7; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2024 1.8; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2023 2.1; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2022 1.6; West Berkshire median median 2.1
- 2021 1.6; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; West Berkshire median median 2.0
- 2019 1.8; West Berkshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; West Berkshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; West Berkshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; West Berkshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 2.3; West Berkshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- West Berkshire median
Dashed bars: as Francis Baily Primary School (URN 109831), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 40 | 72 | 1.8 | 38 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 48 | 83 | 1.7 | 47 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 57 | 104 | 1.8 | 55 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 58 | 120 | 2.1 | 54 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 69 | 112 | 1.6 | 69 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 75 | 117 | 1.6 | 71 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 81 | 124 | 1.5 | 79 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 * | 81 | 145 | 1.8 | 84 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 * | 81 | 140 | 1.7 | 82 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 * | 77 | 162 | 2.1 | 75 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 70 | 144 | 2.1 | 65 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 74 | 165 | 2.2 | 67 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2014 * | 74 | 168 | 2.3 | 76 | 1.03 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 71% · Writing 76% · Maths 67% → all three 58% 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 | 58% | 3% | 105 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 1% | 103 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 56% | 5% | 106 | 105 |
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
- Francis Baily Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · West BerkshireGood20221.7applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · West BerkshireGood20241.7applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · West BerkshireGood20221.6applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · West BerkshireGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20242.4applications per place
- 2.1 km · West BerkshireRemains Good202239%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · West Berkshire20262.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20242.6applications per place 61%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 147273 · 869/2090
- Trust
- Equinox Learning Trust
- Capacity
- 567 pupils · 491 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2019
- Replaced
- Francis Baily Primary School (URN 109831)
- Address
- Skillman Drive, Thatcham, RG19 4GG
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources