Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School

State-Funded School

cold-ash-st-marks-ce-primary-school-west-berkshire-south-east

South EastRegion

West BerkshireLocal Authority

NewburyConstituency

RG18 9PTPostcode

6.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in West Berkshire, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 195 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 67%
Higher standard: 8%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

91%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

195

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 195
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 20 March 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
28 Nov 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.