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Newbury College

College · ages 14-99MixedFurther educationNewburyWest Berkshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Strong pass in English and maths0%England 44%
Average A level gradeE+2024/25

Newbury College is a further education in Newbury for boys and girls aged 14 to 99.

Monks Lane, Newbury, RG14 7TD01635 845000newbury-college.ac.ukMr Lee Probert principalAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

GCSE results, summer 2019

30 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.

Average GCSE score5.9
England 47.8
Official name: Attainment 8
Strong pass in English and maths0%
England 44%
Official name: Grade 5+ in English and maths
Standard pass in English and maths3%
England 66%
Official name: Grade 4+ in English and maths
Progress from age 11-3.02In each subject, pupils here finished well over a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.Official name: Progress 8
Trend
Average GCSE score
2016 to 2019
2016: 6.56.520162017: 6.96.920172018: 9.89.820182019: 5.95.92019
Since 2016: -0.6
All GCSE measures, year by year
Measure2019201820172016West BerkshireEngland
Pupils at the end of Year 1130193326
Average GCSE scoreAttainment 85.99.86.96.543.047.8
Progress from age 11Progress 8-3.02-2.61-3.33-3.54-0.38+0.03
Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths0%11%3%40%44%
Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths3%16%6%60%66%
Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score0.330.263.784.17
Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry0%0%0%0%44%41%
Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged5.99.8
Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers2.33.6
Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers8.99.3

A level and sixth-form results, 2025

550 students finished sixth-form courses.

Average A level gradeE+12.5 points per entry
A level progress-1.54Against students elsewhere with the same GCSE grades. 0 is average.
AAB or better0%with two subjects universities favour
All sixth-form measures, year by year
Measure202520242023202220192018
Students550423340314471567
Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry12.5017.14
Average A level gradeE+D-zzNE
Best three A levelsBest 3 A levels APS4.17
AAB or better in subjects universities likeAAB+ in two facilitating subjects0%
A level progressA level value added-1.54-1.40
Applied general courses: points per entry31.4336.4124.4429.44
T levels: points per entry20.6719.0024.72

A level subjects

1 A level subjects had results in 2025. Each figure is the share of students who got an A* to B, next to the average for state sixth forms in England. When only a handful of students take a subject, its figures jump around from year to year.

A levels taught hereThe small number is how many students sat each one in 2025.
SubjectsBusiness Studies8
Every A level subject against England, 2025
Business Studies8 entries · 0% A* or A · 75% passed
0%England 47%

A levels only. BTECs, T levels and other courses are in the table above. Subjects with fewer than five students aren't published.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. Every gap at this school is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At GCSE, 2019

Average GCSE scoreBoys vs girls
5.36.6
Gap 1.3England 4.4
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

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.

Pupils on roll
Pupils from low-income familiesGet free school meals

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

Where the 30 pupils who left in 2018/19 were a year later.

Still in education, work or training73%and stayed there for at least six months
Earlier years
Destination2018/19 leavers2016/17 leavers2015/16 leavers
Still in education, work or training73%88%73%
Education57%58%46%
Apprenticeship3%6%
Work13%24%
Not in education, work or training23%12%27%

After sixth form

Where the 311 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.

Still in education, work or training76%and stayed there for at least six months

Among pupils from low-income families it was 56%, compared with 84% for everyone else.

Where the ones heading for university went

Went on to degree-level study or training28%England 72%
Top-third universities0%England 22%. The universities that ask for the highest grades
Higher or degree apprenticeship9%England 6%
Higher technical course10%Level 4 or 5, such as an HNC or HND

Among students from low-income families, 18% went on to degree-level study or training and 0% to a top-third university.

Earlier years
Destination2022/23 leavers2021/22 leavers2020/21 leavers2019/20 leavers
Still in education, work or training76%72%72%
Education23%20%17%
Apprenticeship9%8%8%3%
Work43%44%48%
Not in education, work or training19%20%21%

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m15112 months to June 2026, mostly shoplifting
Local crime rate153 per 1,000 people68% higher than the England average
Typical house price£399,950West Berkshire
Nearest bus stop100 mNewbury College campus, 10 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Highwood Copse Primary SchoolFree school280 m149Good 202391Compare
St Gabriel's SchoolIndependent750 m442Not inspectedCompare
The Willows Primary SchoolCouncil950 m337Report card 202665Compare
St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery SchoolChurch of England0.6 miles188No overall grade 202529Compare
St Bartholomew's SchoolAcademy0.8 miles1,905Report card 202677Compare
Park House SchoolAcademy0.8 miles981No overall grade 202591Compare
John Rankin Junior SchoolAcademy0.9 miles311No overall grade 2024Compare
John Rankin Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy0.9 miles240Good 2023Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Newbury College a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Newbury College yet.

How good are Newbury College's GCSE results?

In summer 2019, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 44%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 5.9, against 47.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished well over a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.

How many pupils does Newbury College have?

The number of pupils is not published.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Monks Lane, Newbury, RG14 7TD
Telephone
01635 845000
Website
www.newbury-college.ac.uk
Principal
Mr Lee Probert
Type of school
Further education (Further education, colleges)
Phase
College, ages 14-99
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
West Berkshire
Ward
Newbury Wash Common
Constituency
Newbury
Setting
Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
130602 · LAESTAB 8698001 · UKPRN 10004596

Where these figures come from