The Winchcombe School
Maple Crescent, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 1LN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matt Percy
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 436
- URN
- 135079
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01635232780
About this school
The Winchcombe School is a community primary school in Newbury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 436 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 88 | 60 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 58% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 72% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 77% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 63% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Winchcombe School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Berkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 55.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 468 |
| 2023/24 | 446 |
| 2024/25 | 445 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Winchcombe School compares
The Winchcombe School ranked 39th of 52 primary schools in West Berkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 5.7% | 16.6% | 436 | — |
| Speenhamland School | 55% | 5.6% | 23.8% | 290 | 0.3 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 45% | 4.5% | 6.6% | 246 | 0.4 miles |
| Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School | 60% | 6% | 25.9% | 91 | 0.4 miles |
| Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery | 77% | 4.9% | 33.3% | 221 | 0.7 miles |
| St Nicolas C.E. Junior School | 54% | 4% | 16.6% | 244 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.59%
- English as an additional language
- 26.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.65%
- Persistent absence
- 15.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Speenhamland School0.3 miles
Primary · Newbury
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Newbury
-
Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Newbury
-
Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Newbury
-
St Nicolas C.E. Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Newbury
Other schools in Newbury
The Winchcombe School ranks 16th of the 20 ranked primary schools in Newbury.
- Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School Primary
- Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School Primary
- Burghclere Primary School Primary
- Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School Primary
- Chieveley Primary School Primary
- Compton C.E. Primary School Primary
- Ecchinswell and Sydmonton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Enborne C.E. Primary School Primary
- Falkland Primary School Primary
- Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Highwood Copse Primary School Primary
- John Rankin Infant and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Winchcombe School teach?
- The Winchcombe School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Newbury.
- Who is the headteacher of The Winchcombe School?
- The headteacher of The Winchcombe School is Mr Matt Percy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Winchcombe School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Winchcombe School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Winchcombe School?
- The Winchcombe School has 436 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is The Winchcombe School full?
- The Winchcombe School has capacity for 420 pupils and 436 on roll (104%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Winchcombe School a faith school?
- No. The Winchcombe School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Winchcombe School a selective school?
- No. The Winchcombe School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does The Winchcombe School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records The Winchcombe School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does The Winchcombe School have?
- The schools register lists The Winchcombe School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Winchcombe School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Winchcombe School rank locally?
- The Winchcombe School ranked 39th of 52 primary schools in West Berkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Winchcombe School's absence rate?
- The Winchcombe School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Winchcombe School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Winchcombe School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.