All-through
Mary Hare School
Arlington Manor, Snelsmore Common, Newbury, RG14 3BQ
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 146 of 240 places
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- Yes
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
19%
31.5
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 31.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.51 |
| Entered the EBacc | 15% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 20% |
| 23/24 | 9% |
| 24/25 | 19% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.32 |
| 22/23 | +0.32 |
| 23/24 | +0.52 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.4 |
| 22/23 | 36.4 |
| 23/24 | 35.2 |
| 24/25 | 31.5 |
Arlington Manor, Snelsmore Common, Newbury, RG14 3BQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
West Berkshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Robin Askew
- Address
- Arlington Manor, Snelsmore Common, Newbury, RG14 3BQ
- Telephone
- 01635244200