Engaging Potential
Other independent special school · Ages 13–19 · Newbury, West Berkshire
Engaging Potential is an independent special school in Newbury, West Berkshire for ages 13–19.
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Key facts
- Address
- Progress House, 79 Gaywood Drive, Newbury, RG14 2PR
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 13–19
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 14 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- z of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Strengths
- “Strong, caring and professional relationships permeate throughout this school.”
- “Pupils truly appreciate the wide range of learning opportunities available to them.”
- “They benefit from an extensive mentoring programme which delivers high-quality pastoral support and individual tuition.”
To improve
- “On occasion, however, there is too much focus on checking whether pupils have completed tasks rather than identifying helpful information about exactly what pupils do not know and cannot do.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
- “This is because their precise gaps in understanding do not inform teaching well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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