John Rankin Junior School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Newbury, RG14 6ES
- Distance
- 0.1km away
John Rankin Junior School
Henshaw Crescent, Newbury, RG14 6ES
Primary
Phase
360
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 December 2025 and continues as John Rankin Junior School (URN 152177) (opened 1 January 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 53.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 2.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 66.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 59.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 58.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 91
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 341
- Boys
- 157 (46%)
- Girls
- 184 (54%)
- Capacity
- 360 (95% full)
- SEND
- 22.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.3%
- EAL
- 12.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 20.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 27.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.5
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 75.0%
- White Other: 11.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
- Asian Indian: 2.1%
- Asian Chinese: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.5%
- Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
75.0%
White British
11.8%
White Other
2.4%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Henshaw Crescent
Newbury, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 109825
- UKPRN
- 10079849
- Establishment No.
- 2083
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- Type
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- Phase
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- Distance
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