Engaging Potential
Engaging Potential is an independent special school in Newbury for boys and girls aged 13 to 19. It has 14 pupils and every place is taken.
Progress House, 79 Gaywood Drive, Newbury, RG14 2PR0778 975 8299Mrs Tracy Watson headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
6 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to West Berkshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 330 m | 239 | Good 2022 | 21 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 0.6 miles | 246 | Good 2023 | 33 | Compare |
| Trinity School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 1,349 | Good 2024 | 40 | Compare |
| The Winchcombe School | Council | 1.0 miles | 436 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
| Victoria Park Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 1.0 miles | 116 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Parsons Down Junior School | Council | 1.1 miles | 139 | Good 2022 | 9 | Compare |
| Parsons Down Infant School | Council | 1.1 miles | 88 | Good 2024 | 34 | Compare |
| Northcroft Vocational School | Independent | 1.2 miles | 15 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Engaging Potential a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Engaging Potential yet.
How many pupils does Engaging Potential have?
14 pupils aged 13 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 14 places, so it is 100% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Progress House, 79 Gaywood Drive, Newbury, RG14 2PR
- Telephone
- 0778 975 8299
- Headteacher
- Mrs Tracy Watson
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 13-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Ward
- Newbury Clay Hill
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 18 July 2013 (new provision)
- URN
- 139963 · LAESTAB 8696017 · UKPRN 10044435
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.