St Bartholomew's School

State-Funded School

st-bartholomews-school-west-berkshire-south-east

South EastRegion

West BerkshireLocal Authority

NewburyConstituency

RG14 6JPPostcode

9.7

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Bartholomew's School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in West Berkshire, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,905 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 26 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 56.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 58.1%
EBacc average point score: 5.09

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,905

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

12%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 1,905
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
8 Dec 2021	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
9 Mar 2015	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.