Schools in Newbury
Newbury's 43 schools serve the town itself and a ring of North Wessex Downs villages - Thatcham, Hungerford, Lambourn, Kintbury and the Ilsleys. West Berkshire Council coordinates maintained school admissions, publishing catchment boundaries and oversubscription criteria each autumn.
Secondary provision in Newbury runs through Park House School, St Bartholomew's School and Trinity School, all with defined catchment areas. West Berkshire is not a selective authority, so all secondary places resolve on distance and sibling priority after looked-after children.
Newbury's rural catchment areas can be large: village primaries often draw from several surrounding hamlets, and the last-admitted pupil distance at town primaries reflects genuine competition from the surrounding population. Checking West Berkshire's published distance data from previous years is the most reliable guide.
School demand in Newbury
Across the 39 schools in Newbury with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 83%. 10 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
16 schools in Newbury have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
7 of the schools in Newbury are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of West Berkshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
9 of the schools in Newbury have a current Ofsted rating, of which 9 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Newbury: 6 oversubscribed (28)
Chieveley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Newbury · RG20 8TY
The Ilsleys Primary School
Primary · Community school
Newbury · RG20 7LP
Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Newbury · RG14 1TS
Falkland Primary School
Primary · Community school
Newbury · RG14 6NU
Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newbury · RG20 8SL
Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newbury · RG20 7DT
Compton C.E. Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newbury · RG20 6QU
Enborne C.E. Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Newbury · RG20 0JU
Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newbury · RG14 2JG
Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Newbury · RG20 8HL
Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Newbury · RG20 7BN
St Nicolas C.E. Junior School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Newbury · RG14 7LU
Stockcross C.E. School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Newbury · RG20 8LD
St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Newbury · RG14 7DE
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Newbury · RG14 2AW
Burghclere Primary School
Primary · Community school
Newbury · RG20 9HT
Woolton Hill Junior School
Primary · Community school
Newbury · RG20 9XE
Ecchinswell and Sydmonton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newbury · RG20 4UA
Kingsclere Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newbury · RG20 5RE
St Thomas' Church of England Infant School, Woolton Hill
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newbury · RG20 9XF
St Martin's East Woodhay Church of England (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Newbury · RG20 0AF
The Winchcombe School
Primary · Community school
Newbury · RG14 1LN
The Willows Primary School
Primary · Community school
Newbury · RG14 7SJ
Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Newbury · RG14 2RA
Highwood Copse Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Newbury · RG20 9BS
Speenhamland School
Primary · Academy converter
Newbury · RG14 1NU
John Rankin Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Newbury · RG14 6EX
John Rankin Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Newbury · RG14 6ES
Secondary Schools in Newbury (5)
The Downs School
Secondary · Foundation school
Newbury · RG20 6AD
The Clere School
Secondary · Community school
Newbury · RG20 9HP
St Bartholomew's School
Secondary · Academy converter
Newbury · RG14 6JP
Trinity School
Secondary · Academy converter
Newbury · RG14 2DU
Park House School
Secondary · Academy converter
Newbury · RG14 6NQ
Other Schools in Newbury (10)
Victoria Park Nursery School & Family Hub
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Newbury · RG14 1EH
Mary Hare School
Not applicable · Non-maintained special school
Newbury · RG14 3BQ
The Castle School
Not applicable · Community special school
Newbury · RG14 2JG
Horris Hill School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Newbury · RG20 9DJ
Thorngrove School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Newbury · RG20 9PS
St Michael's School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Newbury · RG20 9JW
Newbury College
All through · Further education
Newbury · RG14 7TD
iCollege Alternative Provision
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Newbury · RG14 1QY
Engaging Potential
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Newbury · RG14 2PR
Northcroft Vocational School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Newbury · RG14 1BU
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Newbury are set by West Berkshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.