Kingsclere Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Newbury, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.92 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingsclere Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Newbury, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 6 November 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Kingsclere Church of England 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 | 2.92 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 16.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.92 miles away, against a middle figure of 1.41 miles across 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ash Grove, Kingsclere, Kingsclere Ce Primary School, Newbury, RG20 5RE
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 6 November 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s high expectations shine through all aspects of its work.”
- “Pupils meet these expectations well, whether this is through their very positive behaviour or through their hard work.”
- “Pupils learn and achieve well, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, in a few subjects, teachers use activities that do not support pupils to learn the identified knowledge as effectively as they could.”
- “This hinders how well pupils learn.”
- “However, in a few subjects in the wider curriculum, the strategies used to check pupils’ understanding are at an early stage of development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2024 (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) | 64% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 30 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 Hampshire.
- Ecchinswell and Sydmonton Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashford Hill Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burghclere Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Burnham Copse Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishopswood Infant School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishopswood Junior School 4.7 mi School remains Good
- Tadley Community Primary School 5.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Priory Primary School 5.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published