Mary Hare School

State-Funded School

mary-hare-school-west-berkshire-south-east

South EastRegion

West BerkshireLocal Authority

NewburyConstituency

RG14 3BQPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Mary Hare School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in West Berkshire, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 146 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 31.5
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 18.5%
EBacc average point score: 2.51

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

10%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

146

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

31%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 146
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 14 May 2025. 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
6 Sept 2016	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.