Shefford C.E. Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Hungerford · RG17 7DB · West Berkshire
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM5.8%
- Demand1.00
2.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 109984
Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Newbury · RG20 8HL
Ages 5–11 · 53 pupils · West Berkshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
56%
Overall absence
5.1%
Admissions demand
0.86 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-07-09
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)56%
Higher standard (RWM)11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.9%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 4.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 59
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.86 · Often has places
1st preferences
6
Places offered
7
1st-preference offers
6
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 16
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 7
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill50%
53 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 53
- Boys / girls
- 29 / 24
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 53 / 105 (50%)
- Free school meals
- 18.9%
- FSM pupils
- 10
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Oxford
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Federation
- The Kite Primary Federation
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanna Lagares
Location
- Address
- Welford Road
- Postcode
- RG20 8HL
- Town
- Newbury
- County
- Berkshire
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- District
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Newbury, West Berkshire, 53 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 18.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Oxford.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Stockcross C.E. School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Primary
Newbury · RG20 8LD · West Berkshire
Ages 4–11
- KS278%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM4.8%
- Demand1.00
3.0 miles away
Other independent special school
RG20 8HZ · West Berkshire
Ages 6–19
- Att84.8
- EM5+0%
1.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanna Lagares
- Telephone
- 01488608306