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Primary · RG14 · Newbury

John Rankin Infant and Nursery School

Garford Crescent, Newbury, RG14 6EX

MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance96.3%
AttainmentNo KS2 at this school
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils262

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in RG14. Where we have them, council (West Berkshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
262
Free school meals
8%
11.3% below district average (19.3%)

Also: West Berkshire 15.2% · England 24.7%

SEN
10.7%
17.2% below district average (27.9%)

Also: West Berkshire 18.4% · England 18.2%

EAL
11.8%
10.6% below district average (22.4%)
Attendance
96.3%
0.8% above district average (95.5%)

Also: West Berkshire 95.1% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the RG14 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

9.1%

4.2% below England (13.3%)

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
330
Pupils on roll
262

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the West Berkshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
10.7%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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