St Bartholomew's School | Secondary with sixth form in Newbury, West Berkshire | Ofsted & DfE | Sipuha

St Bartholomew's School

SecondaryPost 16

West Berkshire · Newbury · RG14 6JP http://www.stbarts.co.uk

Pupils
1,905
cap. 1,922
Ages
11 - 18
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Academy

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted report

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Other Ofsted reports

5 reports
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Admissions

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Admissions policy · Non-selective

This school is in West Berkshire. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

GCSE 9–4
79%
-1pp
LA
67%
England
66%
86%82%79%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
GCSE 5+
58%
-4pp
LA
47%
England
46%
67%63%58%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Attainment 8
56.2
+0.9
LA
47.2
England
46.8
60.858.055.3
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
EBacc entry
51%
-16pp
LA
41%
England
41%
67%59%51%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
EBacc APS
13.8
-0.3
LA
8.8
England
7.7
14.913.812.6
'18'19'22'23'24'25

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Progress 8 compared with other schools

Progress 8 (2023/24 cohort)+0.37
Above average
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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS
35.4
-1.5
LA
32.3
England
32.4
36.834.832.7
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
A-level value added
-0.06
-0.1
LA
-0.15
+0.10.0-0.1
'17'18'19'24'25
AAB+ in facilitating subjects
16%
-2pp
LA
15%
England
14%
19%17%14%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Average A-level grade
B-
0
B-C+C+
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25

Value added compared with other schools

A-level value added-0.06
Average
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Destinations

Pupils staying in education or entering apprenticeships or employment

After Key Stage 4 · 2024/25

99%

staying in education or employment

1% did not stay in education or employment

Education95%
Apprenticeships3%
Employment1%

After 16 to 18 study · 2024/25

92%

staying in education or employment

6% did not stay in education or employment

2% no destination recorded

Education59%
Apprenticeships6%
Employment27%

Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
1,930
cap. 1,922
1,9881,8651,741
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
Pupil : teacher ratio
16.1
LA AVG 17.26:1
16.716.115.6
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
EAL
13%
LA AVG 8.38%
13%10%7%
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
FSM eligible
12%
LA AVG 18.34%
12%8%5%
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
SEN
24%
LA AVG 19%
24%18%12%
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
Overall absence
8%
LA
9%
England
9%
8%6%4%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Persistent absence
18%
LA
22%
England
24%
18%13%9%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25

Overview

AddressAndover Road, Newbury, RG14 6JP
Telephone01635521255
Local authorityWest Berkshire
PhaseSecondary with sixth form
School typeAcademy
Pupil : teacher ratio16.1:1
AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterNone
Finance£7630 spend / pupil£7652 income / pupil2024-25 · AARView on FBIT

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Became an academy 1 Sep 2011 (was URN 110098)

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

YearGCSE 9–4GCSE 5+Attainment 8Progress 8EBacc entryEBacc APSCohort
2024/2579%58%56.2Not applicable51%13.8270
2023/2480%62%55.3+0.3767%14.0273
2022/2386%59%57.4+0.5860%14.0267
2021/2286%67%60.8+0.7166%14.9268
2018/1983%60%55.8+0.4865%12.6247
2017/1884%66%58.3+0.6567%13.0240
2016/1786%65%56.9+0.4066%242
More fields
YearEBacc lang entry
2024/2581%
2023/2485%
2022/2384%
2021/2285%
2018/1983%
2017/1881%
2016/1782%

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

YearA-level APSAvg gradeVA progressAAB+Cohort
2024/2535.4B--0.0616%323
2023/2436.8B-+0.0918%335
2022/2334.5C+16%274
2021/2236.4B-14%323
2018/1932.9C+-0.1518%240
2017/1834.8C+-0.0419%271
2016/1732.7C++0.0917%258

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/251,93016.124%13%12%8%18%
2023/241,98816.321%13%10%8%17%
2022/231,95115.718%12%8%6%16%
2021/221,90115.616%10%6%6%12%
2020/211,91116.714%10%4%
2018/191,81116.213%8%8%4%8%
2017/181,75115.914%7%9%5%9%
2016/171,74116.212%6%9%5%10%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.