Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary SchoolBrightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Newbury.

Summary of the comparison

Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School and Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School are primary schools in Newbury.

Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School scores 31 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School is ahead on our composite score.
Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School was judged the expected standard and Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School was judged the expected standard.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25).

Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School versus Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	NewburyBeedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School	NewburyBrightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School	England average
Overview
Our score	F31/100	D51/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	54th of 63 in West Berkshire	35th of 63 in West Berkshire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Expected	Ofsted: Expected
School type	Voluntary controlled school	Voluntary aided school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-11	4-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	23	87
Capacity	63	105
Location	Newbury, RG20 8SL	Newbury, RG20 7BN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	Not reported	67.0%	62.0%
At higher standard	Not reported	17.0%	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	Not reported	105.0	106.0
Maths average scaled score	Not reported	103.0	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	23	87
Free school meals (ever 6)	43.5%	6.9%
English as an additional language	13.0%	2.3%
SEN support	17.4%	16.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	17.4%	0.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	10.0%	3.2% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	25.0%	5.2% Stronger figure	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.