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John Rankin Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Garford Crescent, Newbury RG14 6EX · johnrankinschools.com · 0163542376
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 240
- 73% of 330 places
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.8%
- First language not English
- 10.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Maiden Erlegh Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 100% 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 | 59 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 64 | 58 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 84 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 71 | 63 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 67 | 58 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for John Rankin Infant and Nursery School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 21 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109826)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109826), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109826)
Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109826)