Graded inspection · Oct 2024 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| 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 entry523 applications · 204 places offered · 249 named it first
- 2026 2.6; West Berkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2024 2.7; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 2.2; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 2.0; West Berkshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; West Berkshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; West Berkshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; West Berkshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; West Berkshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- West Berkshire median
Dashed bars: as The Downs School (URN 110102), 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 | 204 | 523 | 2.6 | 249 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2025 * | 201 | 419 | 2.1 | 244 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2024 * | 205 | 546 | 2.7 | 259 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2023 * | 205 | 421 | 2.1 | 234 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 * | 206 | 460 | 2.2 | 250 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2021 * | 208 | 429 | 2.1 | 262 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2020 * | 207 | 413 | 2.0 | 237 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2019 * | 207 | 411 | 2.0 | 249 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 * | 207 | 340 | 1.6 | 223 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2017 * | 175 | 363 | 2.1 | 249 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2016 * | 177 | 379 | 2.1 | 231 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2015 * | 176 | 382 | 2.2 | 247 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2014 * | 177 | 345 | 2.0 | 213 | 1.20 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Downs SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place
- 9.8 km · OxfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · OxfordshireGood202333.1Attainment 8
- 10.3 km · OxfordshireGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- 10.5 km · OxfordshireRemains Outstanding20221.8applications per place 59.6Attainment 8
- 12.0 km · West BerkshireRemains Good20241.9applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 12.4 km · West BerkshireGood20241.3applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 13.0 km · OxfordshireGood20233.7applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 13.5 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20222.3applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 151957 · 869/5406
- Trust
- Summit Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,307 pupils
- Opened
- 1 April 2026
- Replaced
- The Downs School (URN 110102)
- Address
- Manor Crescent, Compton, Newbury, RG20 6AD
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources