Spurcroft Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Thatcham, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
8.45 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Spurcroft Primary School is a primary school in Thatcham, West Berkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2022. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Spurcroft 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 | 8.45 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 8.45 miles from the school, the 13th longest of 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception entry had 53 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 49% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 29.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.7 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
- Spurcroft Road, Thatcham, RG19 3XX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 408 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils appreciate how teachers support them in the classroom and beyond to be well prepared for their lives in the future.”
- “Staff help pupils to understand and demonstrate the values of kindness, teamwork, responsibility, creative thinking, ambition and self-belief.”
- “As one pupil commented, ‘Believing in ourselves is the greatest thing we can learn.’”
To improve
- “The work that pupils complete does not consistently reinforce the key learning in these subjects.”
- “This means that pupils’ learning in these subjects is variable.”
- “Leaders have identified that this needs further refinement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 49% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 53 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 53 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.
- Francis Baily Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thatcham Park CofE Primary 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitelands Park Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Parsons Down Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parsons Down Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Bucklebury C.E. Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Finian's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery 1.8 mi Good Last distance published