Park House School, Newbury

From the headteacher's welcome: "We believe that all students have limitless potential. Therefore, we are proud to offer a broad and varied Sixth Form experience that supports academic success alongside personal development, both inside and outside the classroom. Our Sixth Form is built upon our strong school core values of Work Hard, Be Kind, Take Responsibility."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Park House School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 49.3 in West Berkshire and 47 across England.

56% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 50% in West Berkshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 55.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.6: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36, against 53.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 154 families put Park House School as their first choice and 298 named it as one of their preferences, for 161 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Park House School are St Bartholomew's School (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 57.7); The Clere School (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.8); Trinity School (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.2); and Kennet School (4.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48).

Park House School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Park House School is one of 39 schools run by Greenshaw Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48 in 2024/25.

249 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Park House School (as of September 2025): 86% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 72% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (72%).

Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 20% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 47 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 49% went on to university or other higher education, 15% to apprenticeships and 30% into work. 32% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 8.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 144 pupils (14.7%) received SEN support and 15 (1.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Newbury Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Park House School (opposite), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Park House School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Park House School issued 498 suspensions, 50.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Park House School are Falkland Primary School (0.2 miles), John Rankin Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles), John Rankin Junior School (0.7 miles) and Highwood Copse Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.