Academy converter · Primary
Thatcham · RG19 4GG · West Berkshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 136647
Kennet School
Academy converter · Thatcham · RG19 4LL
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,824
Local authority
West Berkshire
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Thatcham, West Berkshire, 1,824 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 17%. SEN provision includes: HI - Hearing Impairment; PD - Physical Disability.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136647
Location
- Address
- Stoney Lane
- Postcode
- RG19 4LL
- 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
- 1,824
- Boys / girls
- 951 / 873
- School capacity
- 1,881
- Capacity fill
- 1,824 / 1,881 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 17%
- FSM pupils
- 250
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: EQUINOX LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- EQUINOX LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Kennet School
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- HI - Hearing Impairment; PD - Physical Disability
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 27 on roll / 35 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Max Gayler
- Telephone
- 01635862121
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
Good
Inspection date
2024-05-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 47.5
- Progress 8
- 0.1
- English & maths grade 5+
- 47%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 69%
- EBacc entry
- 44%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2