Northcroft Vocational School
Northcroft Vocational School is an independent special school in Newbury for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 15 pupils and room for 30.
Temperance Hall, Northcroft Lane, Newbury, RG14 1BU01635 896344Alexandra Walsh headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
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.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 15 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 15 | 9 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Park Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 440 m | 116 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| St Nicolas C.E. Junior School | Church of England | 570 m | 244 | No overall grade 2024 | 39 | Compare |
| Speenhamland School | Academy | 590 m | 290 | Good 2023 | 26 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 950 m | 246 | Good 2023 | 33 | Compare |
| The Winchcombe School | Council | 980 m | 436 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
| Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery | Council | 0.6 miles | 221 | Not inspected | 84 | Compare |
| St Bartholomew's School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,905 | Report card 2026 | 77 | Compare |
| St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 188 | No overall grade 2025 | 29 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Northcroft Vocational School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Northcroft Vocational School yet.
How many pupils does Northcroft Vocational School have?
15 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 30 places, so it is 50% full.
What do parents say about Northcroft Vocational School?
100% of the 15 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 100% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Temperance Hall, Northcroft Lane, Newbury, RG14 1BU
- Telephone
- 01635 896344
- Headteacher
- Alexandra Walsh
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Ward
- Newbury Central
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 6 November 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150998 · LAESTAB 8696027
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.
- 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.