The Downs School
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newbury, RG20 6AD
- Distance
- 0.0km away
The Downs School
Manor Crescent, Compton, Newbury, RG20 6AD
Secondary
Phase
1307
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 March 2026 and continues as The Downs School (URN 151957) (opened 1 April 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.4 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 77.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 72.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 206
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 49.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 36.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
39.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
41.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
186
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 26.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 397
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1437
- Boys
- 758 (53%)
- Girls
- 679 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1307 (110% full)
- SEND
- 11.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 10.8%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 9.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,178/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.8%
- White Other: 5.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Other: 0.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
87.8%
White British
5.3%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Manor Crescent
Newbury, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 110102
- UKPRN
- 10006654
- Establishment No.
- 5406
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