School profile
John Rankin Junior School
Henshaw Crescent, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6ES
Overview
John Rankin Junior School is a state-funded school (academy sponsor led) in Newbury, South East, for pupils aged 7–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy sponsor led
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Phase of education
- Primary
- Age range
- Ages 7–11
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- No
- School capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 311
- URN
- 152177
Admissions
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Academy trust or group
- MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 22 October 2024 · Published 18 December 2024
Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, John Rankin Junior School. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Ofsted recorded this school in a category of concern: Serious weaknesses. The official report explains what this means and what happens next.
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Henshaw Crescent, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6ES
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
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