SchoolsGPT
Home › Nearby areas › Thatcham

Schools near Thatcham

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. 14 have a published Ofsted rating, and 11 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Ashford Hill Primary School Thatcham · Inadequate 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 · Requires improvement 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 · Good Thatcham Park CofE Primary Thatcham · Good Whitelands Park Primary School Thatcham · 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.

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.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
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)

Have a specific question about admissions, scores or dates?

Ask SchoolsGPT