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Schools in West Berkshire

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West Berkshire has 83 state schools: 67 primary, 10 secondary, 2 nursery. Between them they teach around 23,672 pupils. 63 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.2 out of 10, and 5 score 8 or above.

13 have a sixth form. 23 take children from age three or under. 34 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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West Berkshire covers several towns — jump straight to the schools in yours.

Hungerford 8 schools Newbury 40 schools Thatcham 17 schools

Aldermaston C.E. Primary School Reading · Good Basildon C.E. Primary School Reading Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School Newbury · Good Beenham Primary School Reading · Good Birch Copse Primary School Reading · Outstanding Bradfield C.E. Primary School Reading · Good Bradfield College Bradfield Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School Newbury · Good Brimpton C.E. Primary School Reading · Good Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools Thatcham Brookfields School Reading · Outstanding Bucklebury C.E. Primary School Reading · Not judged Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School Reading · Good Calcot Infant School and Nursery Reading · Good Calcot Junior School Reading · Good Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School Newbury · Good Chieveley Primary School Newbury · Not judged Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School Thatcham · Good Compton C.E. Primary School Newbury · Not judged Curridge Primary School Thatcham · Good Denefield School Reading · Good Downe House Thatcham Downsway Primary School Reading · Good Elstree School Reading Enborne C.E. Primary School Newbury · Outstanding Englefield C.E. Primary School Reading · Not judged Falkland Primary School Newbury · Not judged Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery Newbury · Good Francis Baily Primary School Thatcham · Requires improvement Garland Junior School Reading · Good Hampstead Norreys C.E. Primary School Thatcham · Good Hermitage Primary School Thatcham · Not judged Highwood Copse Primary School Newbury · Good Hungerford Nursery School Centre for Children Hungerford · Outstanding Hungerford Primary School Hungerford · Good Inkpen Primary School Hungerford · Requires improvement John O'Gaunt School Hungerford · Not judged John Rankin Infant and Nursery School Newbury John Rankin Junior School Newbury · Not judged Kennet School Thatcham · Good Kennet Valley Primary School Reading · Not judged Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School Hungerford · Good Lambourn CofE Primary School Hungerford · Not judged Little Heath School Reading · Good Long Lane Primary School Reading · Good Mary Hare School Newbury · Good Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior School Reading · Good Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School Reading · Not judged Mrs Bland's Infant School Reading · Not judged Newbury College Newbury Pangbourne College Reading Pangbourne Primary School Reading · Good Park House School Newbury · Not judged Parsons Down Infant School Thatcham · Good Parsons Down Junior School Thatcham · Good Purley CofE Primary School Reading · Good Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery Newbury · Good Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School Newbury · Not judged Shefford C.E. Primary School Hungerford · Good Speenhamland School Newbury · Good Springfield Primary School Reading · Good Spurcroft Primary School Thatcham · Good St Andrew's School Reading St Bartholomew's School Newbury · Outstanding St Finian's Catholic Primary School Thatcham · Good St Gabriel's School Berkshire St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School Newbury · Not judged St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Newbury · Good St Nicolas C.E. Junior School Newbury · Not judged St Paul's Catholic Primary School Reading · Good Stockcross C.E. School Newbury · Good Streatley Church of England Primary School Reading Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet School Reading · Good Thatcham Park CofE Primary Thatcham · Good The Castle School Newbury · Outstanding The Downs School Newbury · Not judged The Ilsleys Primary School Newbury · Good The Willink School Reading · Good The Willows Primary School Newbury · Good The Winchcombe School Newbury · Good Theale C.E. Primary School Reading · Not judged Theale Green School Reading · Good Trinity School Newbury · Good Victoria Park Nursery School Newbury · Outstanding Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary School Newbury · Good Westwood Farm Infant School Reading · Good Westwood Farm Junior School Reading · Good Whitelands Park Primary School Thatcham · Good Woolhampton C.E. Primary School Reading · Good Yattendon C.E. Primary School Thatcham · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Beenham Primary School Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Winchcombe School Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Willows Primary School Good · ×0.7 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Enborne C.E. Primary School Outstanding · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Westwood Farm Infant School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Long Lane Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Theale Green School Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Aldermaston C.E. Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Little Heath School Good · ×0.84 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Purley CofE Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in West Berkshire

Primary schools: 'School Catchment Areas' explicit oversubscription factor; catchment maps published. (source)

Secondary schools: Explicit: children whose home address is in the school's 'designated catchment area' get priority, ahead of siblings. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	2027-10-31
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	2028-01-15
Sept 2028	Offer day	2028-03-01
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	2028-04-17
Sept 2027	Application deadline	2026-10-31
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	2027-01-15
Sept 2027	Offer day	2027-03-01
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	2027-04-16
Sept 2026	Application deadline	2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	2026-04-16 (passed)

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