Speenhamland School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Newbury, West Berkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.834 miles
Published by West Berkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Speenhamland School is a primary school in Newbury, West Berkshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. West Berkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Speenhamland 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 | 0.834 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.834 miles away, the 11th shortest of 59 West Berkshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.78 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 43 first-choice applications for 44 offers; 39 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 16.9 pupils per teacher and 25.2% of pupils eligible for free school meals compare with middle figures of 21.7 and 17.4% across the 8 nearest West Berkshire primary schools.
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
- Pelican Lane, Newbury, RG14 1NU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 290 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have great ambition to fulfil the school’s vision of ‘We aspire, we challenge, we support’.”
- “The values of resilience, resourcefulness, risk-taking, responsibility and respect are what all pupils endeavour to put into practice every day at Speenhamland.”
- “The whole community is inclusive.”
To improve
- “However, this valuable information is not always used to steer subsequent learning for all pupils, classes or subjects.”
- “This means that pupils’ progress through the curriculum is not always as effective as it could be.”
- “These necessary developments, especially in mathematics, are still in their early stages.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 55% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 43 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 39 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 Winchcombe School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery 0.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Nicolas C.E. Junior School 0.7 mi Not judged
- St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- John Rankin Junior School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery 1.4 mi Good Last distance published