iCollege Alternative Provision
iCollege Alternative Provision is a pupil referral unit in Newbury for boys and girls aged 5 to 19. It has 71 pupils, 23 more than it has places for. About 63 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in May 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Independence, Richmond House, Bath Road, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1QY0163548872icollege.org.ukMrs Jacqueline Davies head teacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 6 May 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2022 | S5 Inspection | Good |
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.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (41), Autistic spectrum disorder (11), language and communications needs (4), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Specific learning difficulty (3), Other difficulty or disability (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 71 | 82 | 61 | 55 | 52 | 44 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 63% | 62% | 44% | 42% | 44% | 41% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 35% | 21% | 24% | 27% | 30% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 55% | 44% | 51% | 44% | 36% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 21 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 30%, compared with 73% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 52% | 33% | 63% |
| Education | 29% | 19% | 38% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 0% | 17% |
| Work | 14% | 14% | 8% |
| Not in education, work or training | 29% | 38% | 38% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery | Council | 650 m | 221 | Not inspected | 84 | Compare |
| Speenhamland School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 290 | Good 2023 | 26 | Compare |
| The Castle School | Council | 0.8 miles | 228 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School | Church of England | 0.9 miles | 91 | No overall grade 2025 | 39 | Compare |
| Northcroft Vocational School | Independent | 1.0 miles | 15 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Winchcombe School | Council | 1.1 miles | 436 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
| Victoria Park Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 1.1 miles | 116 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Trinity School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 1,349 | Good 2024 | 40 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is iCollege Alternative Provision a good school?
iCollege Alternative Provision doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from May 2026 rated its teaching as strong.
What is iCollege Alternative Provision's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 6 May 2026 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.
How many pupils does iCollege Alternative Provision have?
71 pupils aged 5 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 48 places, so it is 148% full.
Does iCollege Alternative Provision have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Independence, Richmond House, Bath Road, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1QY
- Telephone
- 0163548872
- Website
- www.icollege.org.uk
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Jacqueline Davies
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Ward
- Newbury Speen
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 31 October 2005 (result of amalgamation)
- URN
- 131066 · LAESTAB 8691111 · UKPRN 10016545
- Formerly
- The Reintegration Service, Bridgeway PRU, Badgers Hill
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- 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.