Primary
The Winchcombe School
Maple Crescent, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 1LN
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 436 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 47.1
- Pupils per adult
- 9.3
- Pupils
- 440
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
51%
10 points below the Newbury average (61% across 20 schools)
107.0
1.1 above the Newbury average (105.9 across 20 schools)
20th of 21 by our score, among the primary schools in Newbury we can score - 28 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 51% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 55% |
| 23/24 | 58% |
| 24/25 | 51% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Maple Crescent, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 1LN
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
- Headteacher
- Matt Percy
- Address
- Maple Crescent, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 1LN
- Telephone
- 01635232780