St Finian's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Thatcham, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.656 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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St Finian's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Thatcham, West Berkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Finian's Catholic 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 | 1.656 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.656 miles away, the 19th shortest of the 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 30 first-choice applications for 29 Reception offers in 2026; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 71% was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in West Berkshire that have results.
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
- The Ridge, Cold Ash, Thatcham, RG18 9HU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive happily each morning excited for the day ahead.”
- “They are very proud of their school.”
- “Pupils know it is a safe place where staff care about them, listen to their views and support their wellbeing.”
To improve
- “Work should continue to strengthen the transcription skills that pupils need to be able to write clearly and with accuracy across the curriculum, however.”
- “Staff typically use their checks to ensure adjustments to task design are made to enable pupils to be successful, however, leaders are working to strengthen this area of their work further.”
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) | 71% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitelands Park Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Thatcham Park CofE Primary 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Francis Baily Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parsons Down Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bucklebury C.E. Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parsons Down Junior School 1.7 mi School remains Good
- Spurcroft Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published