St Thomas' Church of England Infant School, Woolton Hill
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–7 · Newbury, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
St Thomas' Church of England Infant School, Woolton Hill is a primary school in Newbury, Hampshire for ages 3–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas' Church of England Infant School, Woolton Hill 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place for 2026, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 16 of the 40 Reception 2026 applications (40%) came from families living outside Hampshire, and 10 offers went to them.
- 7.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire is 14.7%.
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
- Woolton Hill, Newbury, RG20 9XF
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 85 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils describe this as a friendly school.”
- “They strongly feel that ‘anyone can fit in here’.”
- “Their enthusiasm creates a purposeful buzz around the school.”
To improve
- “However, not all adults have enough expertise to make the most of every learning opportunity the environment could offer.”
- “Sometimes, moments to develop children’s vocabulary, communication and language skills are missed, meaning they do not learn as much as they could.”
- “Currently, opportunities for pupils to learn about different ways of life are limited.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 18 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.
- Woolton Hill Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- St Martin's East Woodhay Church of England (Aided) Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burghclere Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ecchinswell and Sydmonton Church of England Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hurstbourne Tarrant Church of England Primary School 6.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsclere Church of England Primary School 6.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Vernham Dean Gillum's Church of England Primary School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary Bourne Primary School 6.8 mi Good Last distance published