John O'Gaunt School
Priory Road, Hungerford, RG17 0AN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EXCALIBUR ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Hawthorne
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Excalibur Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 439
- URN
- 142822
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01488682400
About this school
John O'Gaunt School is a secondary academy in Hungerford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 439 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected John O'Gaunt School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 66 | 82 | 81 |
| Attainment 8 score | 31.1 | 34.9 | 32.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.90 -1.25 to -0.56 | -0.53 -0.84 to -0.22 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 14% | 31.7% | 24.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 32% | 52.4% | 43.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 5% | 14.6% | 9.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How John O'Gaunt 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 | 31.1 | 41 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.9 | 40.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 32 | 38.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 429 |
| 2023/24 | 453 |
| 2024/25 | 440 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How John O'Gaunt School compares
John O'Gaunt School ranked 9th of 9 secondary schools in West Berkshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32 | 10.3% | 31.1% | 439 | — |
| Park House School | 55.9 | 7% | 13.3% | 981 | 7.7 miles |
| St Bartholomew's School | 56.2 | 7.6% | 12.3% | 1,905 | 7.9 miles |
| Trinity School | 42.9 | 10.3% | 22.5% | 1,349 | 8.5 miles |
| The Clere School | 41.3 | 10.9% | 25.9% | 382 | 9.2 miles |
| St John's Marlborough | 50.9 | 8.6% | 12.5% | 1,692 | 9.2 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.14%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 10.26%
- Persistent absence
- 29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park House School7.7 miles
Secondary · Newbury
-
St Bartholomew's School7.9 miles
Secondary · Newbury
-
Trinity School8.5 miles
Secondary · Newbury
-
The Clere School9.2 miles
Secondary · Newbury
-
St John's Marlborough9.2 miles
Secondary · Marlborough
Other schools in Hungerford
- Hungerford Nursery School Centre for Children Nursery
- Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hungerford Primary School Primary
- Inkpen Primary School Primary
- Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School Primary
- Lambourn CofE Primary School Primary
- Shefford C.E. Primary School Primary
- Oaklands School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does John O'Gaunt School teach?
- John O'Gaunt School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Hungerford.
- Who is the headteacher of John O'Gaunt School?
- The headteacher of John O'Gaunt School is Mr Richard Hawthorne, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has John O'Gaunt School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected John O'Gaunt 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 many pupils are at John O'Gaunt School?
- John O'Gaunt School has 439 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is John O'Gaunt School full?
- John O'Gaunt School has capacity for 600 pupils and 439 on roll (73%), so it has space against 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 John O'Gaunt School a faith school?
- No. John O'Gaunt School has no designated religious character.
- Is John O'Gaunt School a selective school?
- No. John O'Gaunt School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is John O'Gaunt School part of an academy trust?
- John O'Gaunt School is part of EXCALIBUR ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have John O'Gaunt School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 31.1 in 2022/23 and 32 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does John O'Gaunt School compare with other schools in West Berkshire?
- John O'Gaunt School ranked 9th of 9 secondary schools in West Berkshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is John O'Gaunt School's absence rate?
- John O'Gaunt School's overall absence rate is 10.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are John O'Gaunt School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, John O'Gaunt 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 2 July 2026.