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17 open schools in Thatcham, West Berkshire · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all West Berkshire schools · grammar schools in Thatcham

Thatcham has 17 state schools: 13 primary, 2 secondary, part of West Berkshire's wider catchment. 11 have a published Ofsted rating, and 10 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

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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.

Thatcham Park CofE Primary Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Yattendon C.E. Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Whitelands Park Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Curridge Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Kennet School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Spurcroft Primary School Good · ×0.96 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.

Thatcham straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is West Berkshire's, and Hampshire also has schools here, applying under its own.

Ashford Hill Primary School Thatcham Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools Thatcham Cheam School Thatcham Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School Thatcham · Good Curridge Primary School Thatcham · Good Downe House Thatcham Francis Baily Primary School Thatcham Hampstead Norreys C.E. Primary School Thatcham · Good Hermitage Primary School Thatcham · Not judged Kennet School Thatcham · Good Parsons Down Infant School Thatcham · Good Parsons Down Junior School Thatcham · Good Spurcroft Primary School Thatcham · Good St Finian's Catholic Primary School Thatcham Thatcham Park CofE Primary Thatcham · Good Whitelands Park Primary School Thatcham · Good Yattendon C.E. Primary School Thatcham · Good

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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