Kennet School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Thatcham, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
9.325 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2009–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kennet School is a secondary school in Thatcham, West Berkshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2009 to 2026 entry.
Kennet 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 9.325 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 10 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 9.325 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2009.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 276 first-choice applications for 287 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 46% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25, against 45% in England.
- The school has 15.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.7 across the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,824 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils attend a school that is inclusive and understands them as individuals.”
- “The house system is a strength of the school and fosters a strong sense of belonging.”
- “Pupils enthusiastically take up the extensive range of extra-curricular activities offered.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils’ learning is disrupted by occasional chatter and off-task behaviour from a minority of pupils.”
- “However, some pupils disengage from learning and participate in off-task chatter.”
- “This can interrupt other pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 276 first-preference applications, 287 offers in total, 276 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Berkshire.
- Trinity School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park House School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Theale Green School 7.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Willink School 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Downs School 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Little Heath School 9.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Denefield School 9.6 mi Good Last distance published