John Rankin Infant and Nursery School
John Rankin Infant and Nursery School is a converter academy in Newbury for boys and girls aged 2 to 7. It has 240 pupils and room for 330. About 8 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
Garford Crescent, Newbury, RG14 6EX0163542376johnrankinschools.comMs Flora Cooper executive headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 22 March 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (59 offers for 90 places).
| Entry | Places | Got a place | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 90 | 59 | – all offered | LA |
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (16), Autistic spectrum disorder (6), emotional and mental health (6), Hearing impairment (3), Moderate learning difficulty (2), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (2).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.8% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.2% | 4.7% | 5.5% | 3.9% | 2.5% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.6% | 3.7% | 4.7% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 3.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.9% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 7.6% | 11.6% | 11.1% | 7.2% | 5.4% | 9.4% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for John Rankin Infant and Nursery School, the school this one replaced in January 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Money
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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Rankin Junior School | Academy | 150 m | 311 | No overall grade 2024 | – | Compare |
| Falkland Primary School | Council | 0.6 miles | 422 | No overall grade 2025 | 62 | Compare |
| St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 188 | No overall grade 2025 | 29 | Compare |
| St Nicolas C.E. Junior School | Church of England | 0.9 miles | 244 | No overall grade 2024 | 39 | Compare |
| Highwood Copse Primary School | Free school | 1.0 miles | 149 | Good 2023 | 91 | Compare |
| The Willows Primary School | Council | 1.2 miles | 337 | Report card 2026 | 65 | Compare |
| Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery | Council | 1.4 miles | 221 | Not inspected | 84 | Compare |
| Speenhamland School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 290 | Good 2023 | 26 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is John Rankin Infant and Nursery School a good school?
John Rankin Infant and Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in March 2023.
What is John Rankin Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated John Rankin Infant and Nursery School good at its last full inspection on 22 March 2023.
How many pupils does John Rankin Infant and Nursery School have?
240 pupils aged 2 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 330 places, so it is 73% full.
What is attendance like at John Rankin Infant and Nursery School?
Pupils were in school 95.8% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 8% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at John Rankin Infant and Nursery School?
The average class had 24.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Garford Crescent, Newbury, RG14 6EX
- Telephone
- 0163542376
- Website
- johnrankinschools.com
- Executive Headteacher
- Ms Flora Cooper
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Maiden Erlegh Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Ward
- Newbury Wash Common
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 2026 (academy converter)
- URN
- 152176 · LAESTAB 8692084 · UKPRN 10099136
- Formerly
- John Rankin Infant and Nursery School
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.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: West Berkshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 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.