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Parsons Down Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Herons Way, Thatcham RG19 3SR · pdp.w-berks.sch.uk · 01635 866700
On the mapSearch near RG19 3SR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 88
- 98% of 90 places
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 6.8%
- First language not English
- 10.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 76% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 90% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 21 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Parsons Down Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 21 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 32
- 36% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 16% who had a child bullied