John O'Gaunt School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Hungerford, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.414 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2009–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
John O'Gaunt School is a secondary school in Hungerford, West Berkshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2009 to 2026 entry.
John O'Gaunt 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 | 8.414 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
- In 2026 the last Year 7 place went to a child living 8.414 miles away, further than in 2025 and in 2009, after sharp swings between some years.
- In 2024/25, 25% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), lowest among this school and 7 of its 8 nearest West Berkshire secondaries with results.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 60 first-choice applications for 65 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Some 31.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 15.7% 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
- Priory Road, Hungerford, RG17 0AN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 439 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Most pupils like attending John O’Gaunt School.”
- “Staff take the time to get to know pupils to identify what each pupil needs to succeed.”
- “Staff care about pupils’ well-being and pupils value the support they are given.”
To improve
- “Despite the school’s high ambition, pupils do not always learn enough to ensure that they can achieve well.”
- “The school recognises that pupils’ outcomes in national tests, such as GCSEs, have been too low.”
- “As a result, too many pupils are not being prepared well enough for their next steps in education, training or employment.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (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) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 32 | 46 |
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: 60 first-preference applications, 65 offers in total, 60 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.
- Park House School 7.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's School 7.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Trinity School 8.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kennet School 11.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Downs School 13.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Theale Green School 18.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Willink School 19.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Little Heath School 20.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published