Parsons Down Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Thatcham, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.397 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Parsons Down Infant School is a primary school in Thatcham, West Berkshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Parsons Down Infant 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 | 0.397 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception 2026 place went to a child living 0.397 miles away, 3rd shortest of the 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026, 38 first-choice applications for 29 offers; all 29 went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- At 6.8%, the share of pupils eligible for free school meals sits below the middle figure of 17.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in West Berkshire.
- Pupils per teacher stand at 19.6, against a middle figure of 22.1 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
- Herons Way, Thatcham, RG19 3SR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 88 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “They enjoy learning because pupils are at the centre of all that the school does.”
- “There are high levels of care for all pupils.”
- “Pupils feel safe because they trust the adults who look after them.”
To improve
- “In some subjects other than English, mathematics and science, this is not as precise as the school would like it to be.”
- “As a result, pupils’ knowledge is not built on as effectively as it could be and they do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “However, this is currently underdeveloped.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Parsons Down Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Whitelands Park Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Thatcham Park CofE Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Spurcroft Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Francis Baily Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Finian's Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published