Shefford C.E. Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Hungerford, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
8.538 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Shefford C.E. Primary School is a primary school in Hungerford, West Berkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Shefford C.E. 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 | 8.538 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 2026 place lived 8.538 miles away: 12th longest of 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 2.78 miles).
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 8 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- Pupils per teacher are 9.5 and free school meals eligibility 5.8%, against middle figures of 17 and 25.7% 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
- Wantage Road, Great Shefford, Hungerford, RG17 7DB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 52 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this nurturing school.”
- “They enjoy their leadership responsibilities, such as being house captains, sports leaders and worship leaders.”
- “From the beginning of the early years, pupils are included in all aspects of school life and develop a strong sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “In reading, writing and mathematics, pupils' secure learning is reflected in positive published test results, although pupils' times tables knowledge is not yet in line with national averages in the Year 4 multiplication check.”
- “Pupils' behaviour is generally positive, but there is further work to do to ensure that the recently revised behaviour policy is implemented fully across all classrooms.”
- “However, some activity choices do not consistently help pupils to successfully secure important mathematical knowledge, for example when learning their multiplication facts.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2026 (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) | 33% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 8 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.
- Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lambourn CofE Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stockcross C.E. School 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chieveley Primary School 5.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hungerford Primary School 5.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published