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John O'Gaunt School

URN
142822
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
John O'Gaunt School
URN
142822
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

46 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

32

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

50

Destinations

36

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

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School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
3 March 2025
Inspection date
14 January 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 3 March 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 3 March 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

86

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

107

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

81

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.24×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
West Berkshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (West Berkshire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.johnogauntschool.co.uk

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

32.0

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

24.7%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

43.2%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

9.9%

EBacc achievement

Location

RG17 0AN - Priory Road, Hungerford, Berkshire

Contact details

Address
Priory Road, Hungerford, Berkshire
Postcode
RG17 0AN
Phone
1488682400
Website
www.johnogauntschool.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
West Berkshire
Local authority code
869

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 149 schools in West Berkshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

149

Open schools

99

Closed schools

50

Primary schools

83

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 3 March 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 3 March 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    3 March 202514 January 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 3 March 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      3 March 2025
      Inspected
      14 January 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    75.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 79

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    1.2%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    74.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    6.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    11.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    22

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary83 (56.5%)
    • Secondary22 (15.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other42 (28.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    John O'Gaunt School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Hungerford Primary School674 mPrimaryOpen
    Hungerford Nursery School Centre for Children1.3 kmNurseryOpen
    Oaklands School1.8 kmNot applicableOpen
    Stepping Stones Pre Preparatory School and Nursery3.4 kmNot applicableClosed
    Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary School3.7 kmPrimaryOpen
    Inkpen Primary School4.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    Shalbourne CofE Primary School4.6 kmPrimaryClosed
    Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School4.9 kmPrimaryOpen
    Great Bedwyn Church of England School6.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    • John O'Gaunt School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Hungerford Primary School
      Distance
      674 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Hungerford Nursery School Centre for Children
      Distance
      1.3 km
      Phase
      Nursery
      Status
      Open
    • Oaklands School
      Distance
      1.8 km
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

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    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (West Berkshire)

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    Denefield SchoolSecondaryRG31 6XYOpen
    Denefield SchoolSecondaryRG31 6XYClosed
    John O'Gaunt SchoolSecondaryRG17 0ANClosed
    Kennet SchoolSecondaryRG19 4LLClosed
    Kennet SchoolSecondaryRG19 4LLOpen
    • Denefield School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      RG31 6XY
      Status
      Open
    • Denefield School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      RG31 6XY
      Status
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    • John O'Gaunt School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      RG17 0AN
      Status
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    • Kennet School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      RG19 4LL
      Status
      Closed
    • Kennet School
    Stepping Stones Pre Preparatory School and Nursery
    Distance
    3.4 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    3.7 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Inkpen Primary School
    Distance
    4.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Shalbourne CofE Primary School
    Distance
    4.6 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School
    Distance
    4.9 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Great Bedwyn Church of England School
    Distance
    6.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    RG19 4LL
    Status
    Open