Secondary · RG19 · Thatcham

Kennet School

Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL

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OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)91.2%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 46.5
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils1824

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 24 Jul 2024.

Inspection history

  • Previous gradedOutstanding

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

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in RG19. 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
1824
Free school meals
17%
2.3% above district average (14.7%)

Also: West Berkshire 15% · England 25.8%

SEN
16.5%
3.4% below district average (19.9%)

Also: West Berkshire 18.7% · England 16.5%

EAL
10.4%
0.4% above district average (10%)
Attendance
91.2% Autumn and spring 2024/25
3% below district average (94.2%)

Also: West Berkshire 91.8% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the RG19 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is from 2023/24, the latest year published for this school. There is no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils did not sit Key Stage 2 tests during the pandemic. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

20.6%

1.3% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

+0.15

0.15 above England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

46.5

0.4 above England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

45.6%

0.2% above England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

65.9%

1.1% above England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

42.2%

1.7% above England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

4.16

0.1 above England (4.09)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 276 families put this school first. All of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
276
First-preference offers
276
First preferences offered a place
100%
Total offers
287
Named on any preference
384

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
1881
Pupils on roll
1824

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the West Berkshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
16.5%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · HI, PD

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

Schools near Kennet School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in RG19 · Schools in West Berkshire

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 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.
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