Highwood Copse Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Newbury, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.048 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Highwood Copse Primary School is a primary school in Newbury, West Berkshire for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 October 2023. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Highwood Copse 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 | 1.048 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 1.048 miles away, the 13th shortest of 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The school has 22.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 across the 8 nearest primary 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
- Highwood Copse Way, Newbury, RG20 9BS
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 149 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this ambitious school.”
- “They build strong relationships and feel happy and safe.”
- “Children in the early years quickly make friends and learn the school’s routines.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the school is still refining how teachers check what pupils have learned so that there are no gaps in pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 30 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.
- The Willows Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Falkland Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- John Rankin Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- John Rankin Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Nicolas C.E. Junior School 1.2 mi Not judged
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Speenhamland School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published