Burghclere Primary School

Burghclere Primary School has improved since its previous inspection, which judged it as requiring improvement. This graded inspection found strong provision across the school, with no overall effectiveness grade awarded under current arrangements. Pupils benefit from an ambitious curriculum that is adapted well for pupils with SEND, and they achieve well. Reading is a clear priority, with effective phonics teaching from Reception and support for pupils who need to catch up.

Strengths

• Ambitious curriculum designed for all pupils to succeed, including those with SEND
• Strong phonics and reading provision with targeted catch-up support
• Pupils behave well and understand the school's golden rules
• High-quality personal development provision covering health, citizenship and cultural understanding
• Welcoming early years environment with strong language and vocabulary development
• Effective support for staff workload, well-being and professional development
• Governors know the school well and challenge leaders to improve
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Attendance systems and work with families help pupils attend well

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, activity choices do not consistently give pupils opportunities to apply learned knowledge, limiting deeper understanding for some pupils

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Burghclere Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.2% of pupils at Burghclere Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Burghclere Primary School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.7% of pupils at Burghclere Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Burghclere Primary School received £8,547 and spent £9,239 for each of its 95 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £132,000 (-£1,389 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Burghclere Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burghclere Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Burghclere Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Burghclere Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Burghclere Primary School have?

Burghclere Primary School has 95 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burghclere Primary School cover?

Burghclere Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Burghclere Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Burghclere Primary School?

Burghclere Primary School is at Church Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 9HT.