SF School Facts UK

Secondary school in Newbury, West Berkshire

Park House School

239 Andover Road, Newbury, RG14 6NQ

Sixth form
School website 01635573911

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 7 May 2025.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

55.9 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

62% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

79% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.8 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

10% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.60confidence interval 0.38 to 0.81

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
D+
Average points per entry
23

England average 32.3

A level students
20

Pupils

Pupils on roll
981
Places
1295
How full
76% full — 981 of 1295 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
489 / 492
Overall absence
7%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
20%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
13%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
10%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
13%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
94%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
86%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
46%
No sustained destination
3%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
185

After sixth form

Went to university
67%

England 50%

In education, work or training
97%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
8%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
61

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for West Berkshire 021B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
41%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
10%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
82%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
3%

England 17%

Households with no car
7%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
36%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–19
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: James King
Local authority
West Berkshire
Ward
Newbury Wash Common
Constituency
Newbury
URN
149435

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
St Bartholomew's SchoolAcademy converter No grade 56.2 0.9 mi
St Gabriel's SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.1 mi
The Clere SchoolCommunity school No grade 41.3 2.3 mi
St Michael's SchoolOther independent school No grade 2.5 mi
Trinity SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 42.9 2.5 mi
Kennet SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 46.5 4.2 mi
Downe HouseOther independent school No grade 4.9 mi
The Hurst SchoolCommunity school No grade 45.3 7.3 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Ilford County High SchoolCommunity school No grade 75.7
The Nelson Thomlinson SchoolVoluntary controlled school Good 2023 46.2
Uckfield CollegeCommunity school Outstanding 2024 47
Samuel Whitbread AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 46.7
Burford SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 52.4
The Castle SchoolAcademy converter No grade 52.4
Stretford Grammar SchoolFoundation school Good 2024 74.4
Balshaw's Church of England High SchoolVoluntary controlled school Good 2023 52.3

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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