Graded inspection · May 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form 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 entry298 applications · 161 places offered · 154 named it first
- 2026 1.9; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; West Berkshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2022 1.9; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 1.9; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 1.8; West Berkshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.2; West Berkshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; West Berkshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; West Berkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.2; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- West Berkshire median
Dashed bars: as Park House School (URN 136733), Park House School (URN 110052), 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 | 161 | 298 | 1.9 | 154 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 180 | 309 | 1.7 | 116 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2024 | 157 | 274 | 1.8 | 87 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2023 | 162 | 268 | 1.7 | 71 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2022 * | 215 | 414 | 1.9 | 141 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2021 * | 217 | 419 | 1.9 | 156 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2020 * | 246 | 446 | 1.8 | 171 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2019 * | 201 | 444 | 2.2 | 182 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 * | 204 | 396 | 1.9 | 167 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2017 * | 192 | 342 | 1.8 | 136 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2016 * | 175 | 377 | 2.2 | 149 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2015 * | 175 | 364 | 2.1 | 153 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 194 | 413 | 2.1 | 135 | 0.70 |
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.) | 182 | 50.5 | 56% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 209 | 55.9 | 62% | 79% | – |
| 2023/24 | 176 | 53.3 | 64% | 80% | +0.60 |
| 2022/23 | 185 | 48.4 | 51% | 71% | +0.29 |
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
- Park House SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · West Berkshire20261.9applications per place 57.7Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · HampshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20241.9applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · West BerkshireGood20241.3applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · HampshireStandards maintained20241.4applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · West BerkshireGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 16.0 km · West BerkshireGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place
- 17.2 km · HampshireGood20231.5applications per place 51.7Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149435 · 869/4003
- Capacity
- 1,295 pupils · 981 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2022
- Replaced
- Park House School (URN 136733); Park House School (URN 110052)
- Address
- 239 Andover Road, Newbury, RG14 6NQ
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources