Voluntary aided school · Primary
Thatcham · RG18 9HU · West Berkshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 109958
Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Thatcham · RG18 9PT
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–11
Pupils
195
Local authority
West Berkshire
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
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Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Thatcham, West Berkshire, 195 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 2.1%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Oxford.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 109958
Location
- Address
- Cold Ash Hill, Cold Ash
- Postcode
- RG18 9PT
- Town
- Thatcham
- County
- Berkshire
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- District
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 195
- Boys / girls
- 106 / 89
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 195 / 210 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 2.1%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Oxford
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Mitch Warrender
- Telephone
- 01635862600
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-05-06
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 70%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 4%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0