Living in Newbury with children
Newbury, West Berkshire and Hampshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 42,262 people in 18,437 households; 28.3% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
36 schools: 28 state primary, 5 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 2 privateNewbury on the schools map →Every school in Newbury, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (28)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enborne C.E. Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 4% (2/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Burghclere Primary School | Good | Top 2% (5/307) in Hampshire | 4.46 miles (2026) |
| Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery | Improved significantly | Top 11% (6/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Woolton Hill Junior School | School remains Good | Top 18% (55/307) in Hampshire | — |
| The Ilsleys Primary School | School remains Good | Top 24% (13/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| St Martin's East Woodhay Church of England (Aided) Primary School | School remains Good | Top 43% (129/307) in Hampshire | — |
| Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 25% (14/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| The Willows Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 29% (16/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Falkland Primary School | Good | Top 33% (18/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Kingsclere Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | (164/307) in Hampshire | 2.92 miles (2026) |
| Compton C.E. Primary School | Good | Top 36% (20/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School | Good | Top 45% (25/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Speenhamland School | Good | (32/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| St Nicolas C.E. Junior School | Good | (35/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Stockcross C.E. School | Ofsted report card | (35/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery | Good | (37/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| John Rankin Junior School | Inadequate | (38/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| The Winchcombe School | Ofsted report card | (41/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Chieveley Primary School | Good | (47/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | (49/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary School | School remains Good | (52/56) in West Berkshire | — |
| Ecchinswell and Sydmonton Church of England Primary School | Good | (305/307) in Hampshire | — |
| Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
| Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
| Highwood Copse Primary School | Good | — | — |
| John Rankin Infant and Nursery School | School remains Good | — | — |
| St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School | Good | — | — |
| St Thomas' Church of England Infant School, Woolton Hill | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (5)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Bartholomew's School | Ofsted report card | 1st (1/10) in West Berkshire | — |
| The Downs School | Outstanding | Top 30% (3/10) in West Berkshire | — |
| Park House School | Outstanding | Top 40% (4/10) in West Berkshire | — |
| Trinity School | School remains Good | (8/10) in West Berkshire | — |
| The Clere School | Requires improvement | (57/67) in Hampshire | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury College | Ofsted report card | — | — |
Private schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's School | — | — | — |
| Thorngrove School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (103 detached, 147 semi-detached, 132 terraced, 203 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Newbury. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Newbury →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 69% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 95%, on average across the 1,980 postcodes in RG20, RG14. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 12 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 2 in Hampshire · 15 in West Berkshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 7 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, West Berkshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: West Berkshire · Hampshire.
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