Inkpen Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Hungerford, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.659 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Inkpen Primary School is a primary school in Hungerford, West Berkshire for ages 5–11 (community school). West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Inkpen Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.659 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last Reception place offered went to a child living 1.659 miles away, the 20th shortest of 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 5 first-choice applications for 6 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Ofsted's latest inspection, on 3 March 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Requires improvement (21 June 2023).
- There are 41 pupils on roll (January 2026) and 13.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Berkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Berkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Weavers Lane, Inkpen, Hungerford, RG17 9QE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 41 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “This is a small school with a big heart.”
- “Care and compassion underpin all that pupils experience.”
- “As a result of the school's warm and welcoming environment, pupils feel valued and supported.”
To improve
- “Attendance for some pupils has been too low for too long.”
- “The achievement of pupils is not typically reflected in the school's published outcomes.”
- “This is due partly to the small cohort sizes but also because there have been historic weaknesses in the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 5 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 5 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Berkshire.
- Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hungerford Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Enborne C.E. Primary School 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stockcross C.E. School 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Falkland Primary School 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- John Rankin Infant and Nursery School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- John Rankin Junior School 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade