The Winchcombe School

Community school·Primary school Newbury, West Berkshire·RG14 1LN
Composite score
33.2
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#12,779
National rank
#1911
In South East
#43
In West Berkshire
Top 86%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
51%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 10/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
38 first choices, 57 places
First choices per place
0.67
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
123
any preference, for 57 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.37
00.511.52
1 per place
1.0520221.4320230.9620241.0320250.672026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Winchcombe School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
445
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,156
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

The Winchcombe School is a primary school serving Newbury, West Berkshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 445 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 51% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 7.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Winchcombe School their first choice was offered one of its 57 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. The Winchcombe School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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