School profile
New Barn School
Welford, Newbury, RG20 8HZ
Overview
New Barn School is an independent school (other independent special school), South East, for pupils aged 6–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Other independent special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 6–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- School capacity
- 130
- Pupils on roll
- 71
- URN
- 144033
Admissions
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Fees, scholarships and bursaries are not part of the official dataset. They will appear here once the school adds them.
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Secondary
2024/25 results
Attainment 8 score
- School
- Not published because of small pupil numbers
Pupils included: 5
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- Not published because of small pupil numbers
Pupils included: 5
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- Not published because of small pupil numbers
Pupils included: 5
Entering the EBacc
- School
- Not published because of small pupil numbers
Pupils included: 5
Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 16 September 2025 · Published 13 January 2026
Original education inspection framework (non-association independent schools)
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Independent school standards
A regulatory check against the standards independent schools must meet. It is separate from Ofsted's inspection judgements and is not a rating.
Overall compliance
Did not meet all standards
Complies with its registration agreement.
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Independent school Progress Monitoring inspection
Inspected 22 April 2026 · Published 22 July 2026
Outcome: Did not meet all standards that were checked
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
- Welford, Newbury, RG20 8HZ
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
Inspection
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- Inspectorate
- Ofsted
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